A female patient from Thanh Hoa province is discharged from hospital. (Source: Thanh Hoa Newspaper)
Hanoi (VNA) – One more person from
Vietnam’s northern province of Vinh Phuc has tested positive for coronavirus
(), bringing the total number of confirmed to ten, according to
the .
The
42-year-old female patient is receiving treatment at the quarantine area
of Binh Xuyen district’s medical centre, and is in a stable condition, the
ministry said on February 4.
She was among
people who had close contact with the male patient who tested positive for the
virus earlier in Vinh Phuc.
She said she had
visited the male patient’s house for the Lunar New Year (Tet) on January 22 and
28.
She got a
slight fever on January 31 and came to the local clinic for a check-up.
She was then sent to the district’s medical centre for treatment and isolation
while samples were sent to the National Institute of Hygiene
Epidemiology for testing.
The male
patient was among eight people who returned from China’s Wuhan city on the
same flight. Four of them were infected with the virus.
Eight
Vietnamese people were sent to Wuhan for training by Nihon Plast Co Ltd of
Japan and returned to Vietnam on China Southern Airlines fight CZ8315 on
January 17.
One of the
patients has now been released after doctors confirmed she was free of the
virus.
Vietnam has so
far reported 304 suspected cases of , 214 have tested negative for
the virus and 90 are in quarantine while samples undergo testing.
Three affected people in Thanh Hoa, Ho Chi Minh City, and Khanh Hoa have
been discharged from hospital./.
Source: VietnamPlus
