Subsequent test results show the 24-year-old Vietnamese woman is positive for SARS-CoV-2. (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – The reported another case of
infection on March 10, bringing the total in the country to 32.
The
new case is a 24-year-old Vietnamese who had contact with the 17th patient detected in Vietnam on March 6, while they were in London on February
27.
After
having cough on March 2 without having fever, the woman had a checkup at a
London hospital that prescribed her with medicines for treatment at home.
Upon
learning about the 17th case in Vietnam on March 7, she had another
checkup at the hospital and was prescribed with more medicines that failed to
help ease her cough, but she however was not having fever then.
She
then flew to Vietnam on a charter flight (WGT2B) and entered the country at
8:15 on March 9, with cough and body temperature at 37.5 degree Celsius.
Right
after her arrival, the woman was transferred to the hospital for acute
respiratory diseases in Cu Chi district, Ho Chi Minh City. Subsequent test
results show she is positive for SARS-CoV-2.
The
patient was quarantined at the HCM City-based Hospital for Tropical Diseases
starting from 20:30 on March 9. She was conscious, coughing but not having
fever./.
Source: VietnamPlus
