A health worker collects sample for testing (Photo: VNA)HCM City (VNA) – The Ho Chi Minh City Health
Department on January 30 announced a COVID-19 case, a man coming from the
northern province of Hai Duong – a current hotspot of the pandemic – on a
flight on January 28.
After arriving in , the 28-year-old man, a resident
of Hai Duong’s Nam Sach district, stayed at a local hotel until he got the news
on his cousin being infected with the virus later the same day. He met his
cousin at a wedding in Hai Duong previously.
The man promptly reported his case to the local health
agency and was put under quarantine at the District 11 hospital.
On January 29, he received a positive COVID-19 test result
and was moved to the Cu Chi treatment hospital while developing symptoms of
coughing and headache.
Vietnam reported 34 new COVID-19 community cases over the
past 12 hours to 6 am on January 30, according to the National Steering
Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control. The committee said 32 of the
cases are linked to the hotspot in ’s Chi Linh city./.
Source: VietnamPlus
