Two new COVID-19 cases reported on Sept. 2 afternoon

The new infections brought the
total number of COVID-19 cases in Vietnam to 1,046, said the Ministry of
Health.

Patient 1,045 is a 72-year-old
man residing in Thong Nhat commune, Gia Loc district, Hai Duong province.

He got fever, headache and
tiredness on August 19 and was brought to the Hai Duong General Hospital on
August 30, where his samples were taken for testing.

The testing results released
on September 1 by the Hai Duong Centre for Disease Control and the National
Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology showed that he was positive for
coronavirus SARS-CoV-2.

The patient was then
transferred to the National Hospital of Tropical Diseases in Hanoi’s Dong Anh
district for quarantine and treatment. His sample tested on September 2 by the
hospital was also positive for SARS-CoV-2.

Patient 1,046 is a 30-year-old
male sailor on board the ship Nippon Maru from Japan. He was quarantined upon
his arrival in Khanh Hoa on August 30.

His sample was tested by the
Nha Trang Pasteur Institute and showed positive for the virus. The patient is
now quarantined and treated at the Khanh Hoa Hospital of Tropical Diseases.

According to the Treatment Subcommittee
under the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control, 11
patients were given the all-clear of the virus on September 2.

As many as 66,946 people who had close
contact with patients or entered Vietnam from pandemic-hit regions are
being quarantined across the country, including 3,672 in hospitals, 15,868 in
other establishments and 47,406 at home./.