Illustrative image (Photo: VNA) London to Hanoi (VN0054) with the 17th COVID-19 patient of Vietnam who then travelled to Ho Chi Minh City have tested
negative for SARS-CoV-2, reported the HCM City Centre for Disease Control and
Prevention on March 8.
They include four Vietnamese residing in Ho Chi Minh City,
an Australian of Vietnamese origin, and 15 foreign tourists.
Among them, five foreigners took flight VN223 from Hanoi to
Ho Chi Minh City, then boarded the Viking Cruise ship to travel to Cambodia on
March 4.
One of these five passengers shared the same business class cabin
with the 17th patient, and is being quarantined on the
ship.
The centre has asked passengers who sat in the same cabin
with the quarantined person on flight VN223 to immediately contact local
medical stations and fill in health declarations. Other passengers on the
flight should monitor their health at home as guided by the Health Ministry.
Also on March 8, the Health Department in the northern
province of Hai Duong said two passengers on flight VN0054 who returned to the
province have tested negative to .
In the northern province of Quang Ninh, nine foreigners who
arrived in Vietnam on flight VN0054, including four testing positive to the
virus, have been sent to the National Hospital for Tropical Diseases for
treatment and quarantine.
All areas at high risk of infection in Ha Long city have
been zoned for quarantine.
Nine new COVID-19 cases were confirmed in Vietnam as late March 8,
bringing the total number of COVID-19 cases in Vietnam so far to 30. Among the cases, the first 16 patients were cured and discharged from
hospital in February. The 17th patient was confirmed on late March
6, followed by more infections./.
Source: VietnamPlus
