Hospital C of city, where the new patient visited for check-up on July 20 before he was confirmed as the 416th case of COVID-19 on July 25 (Photo: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) – Reporting at the session of the cabinet
held on July 25 under the chair of Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc, Acting Health
Minister Nguyen Thanh Long confirmed the 416th case of in
the country.
The 57-year-old Da Nang man is a typical
case with the outside source coming into the central city. His sample was
confirmed positive on July 25 morning to that causes the disease.
The Da Nang Diseases Control Centre has conducted tests for 105
people who had close contact with the patient and they all turn out negative.
It is currently listing those having contacted with the patient to conduct
tests and quarantine.
The health ministry has sent experts and equipment to Da Nang to
help contain the outbreak, and dispatches to relevant ministries and
authorities urging them to intensify the control and management of the immigration
of foreigners.
Speaking at the session, PM Phuc directed relevant ministries
and authorities to keep calm and look for ways to prevent the infection in the
community. There must be timely and necessary decisions in the time to come,
particularly in major cities, in the pandemic fight, he stressed./.
Source: VietnamPlus
