A quarantine area in Vietnam (Photo: VNA)The Ministry of Health on March 13 afternoon confirmed the 45th infection case who had close contact with the 34th patient
in the south central province of Binh Thuan.
The latest patient,
residing in ward 7 in Ho Chi Minh City’s Tan Binh district, had his sample
tested positive for the novel by the HCM City Pasteur
Institute.
He had previously
worked and had dinner with the 34th patient – a 51 year-old Vietnamese
woman in province – and her husband on March 3.
The patient returned to
HCM City on March 4 on his own car together with three other people.
After the 34th patient was confirmed to be infected with SARS-CoV-2 on March 10, he
quarantined himself at his home.
On March 12, he got a medical
check-up after suffering snuffles and a sore throat and was taken to a
concentrated quarantine area in Tan Binh district. Afterward, the patient was
brought to Cu Chi hospital of acute respiratory disease for treatment and is
now in stable health condition.
His samples were tested
positive for SARS-CoV-2 by both the HCM City Hospital of Tropical Diseases and
the HCM City Pasteur Institute.
Of the 45 COVID-19
cases reported in Vietnam so far, 16 were successfully cured and discharged
from hospitals./.
Source: VietnamPlus
