The area around a hotel in Hai Phong city where the patient had stayed at was blockaded. (Photo: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam recorded five new s
over the past 12 hours to 6pm on March 26, including two illegal entrants in southern
Binh Duong province and norther port city of Hai Phong and three imported, the
Ministry of Health said.
One of the two illegal entrants was a 44-year-old Chinese man who
illegally entered through the area around the Moc Bai International Gate in
southwestern Tay Ninh province on March 23 and then came to reside in southern
Binh Duong province. His sample tested positive to on March 25
and he is now being treated at the General Hospital.
The other was a 26-year-old Vietnamese woman returning home illegally on a fishing vessel through
Phu Quoc island in the Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang on March
22.
She then flew to Hanoi on Vietjet flight
VJ458 before going to Hai Phong city on a private car. She had a test at
Vinmec Hospital in Hai Phong city on March 24, and was confirmed positive on March
26. The patient is being treated at the National Hospital for Tropical Diseases
in Hanoi’s Dong Anh district.
Vietnam has to date detected a total of 2,586
COVID-19 infections, including 1,603 domestically-transmitted cases.
According to the Ministry of Health’s Medical
Service Administration, 2,265 patients have been successfully cured while the
death toll remains at 35.
Among active patients undergoing treatment at
medical establishments nationwide, 54 tested negative to the virus once, 21 twice
and 45 others thrice.
As many as 36,480 people who had close
contact with COVID-19 patients or entered Vietnam from pandemic-hit regions are
currently quarantined, including 485 in hospitals, 18,343 in state-designated establishments
and 17,652 others at their residences.
To
live safely with the pandemic, the Ministry of Health advised people to
continue preventive measures, including the “5K message” (in Vietnamese) – Khau
trang (facemask) – (Khu khuan) disinfection – (Khoang cach) distance – (Khong
tu tap) no gathering – (Khai bao y te) health declaration./.
Source: VietnamPlus
