Vietnam reports seven more COVID-19 infection cases

The 100th patient is a 55-year-old man, residing in Ho Chi Minh City’s district 8.

He returned to Vietnam from Malaysia on
flight AK524 of AirAsia on March 3 and was asked to self-quarantine at home.

From March 4-17, he went to Jamiul Anwar
Cathedral at 157B/9 on Duong Ba Trac street in ward 1 in HCM City’s district 8
for five times.

Despite showing no illness symptoms, he
had sample taken on March 18 by the district medical centre for testing like
those returning from religious gatherings in Malaysia. His sample was tested positive
for the novel coronavirus by the HCM City Pasteur Institute on March
22.

The patient is now quarantined for
treatment at the HCM City Hospital of Tropical Diseases.

Four other patients confirmed to be
infected with the virus were passengers of flight VN0050 from the UK to Can Tho
International Airport on March 8. They were brought to a concentrated quarantine
area in the Mekong Delta province of Dong Thap although showing no symptoms.

The 101st patient is a 26-year-old Vietnamese woman from HCM City’s Phu Nhuan district. Her seat on
flight VN0050 is number 26F.

The 102nd patient is a 9-year-old Vietnamese girl from Hanoi’s Hoan Kiem district. She sat at the No 20D
seat on the flight.

The 103rd patient is a 22-year-old Vietnamese man from HCM City’s Phu Nhuan district. His seat number on
flight VN0050 is 12F.

The 104th patient is a 33-year-old Vietnamese woman residing in HCM City’s district 12. She sat at the No
27D seat on the flight from the UK to the Can Tho International Airport.

The remaining two patients, detected at
Tra Vinh’s concentrated quarantine area, were passengers of flight AK575 of
AirAsia from Malaysia to the Can Tho International Airport on March 18.

They were taken to Tra Vinh province’s
concentrated quarantine area upon their arrival despite showing no disease
symptoms.

The 105th patient is a 35-year-old Vietnamese woman from Cho Moi district in the Mekong Delta province of
An Giang. Her seat number on flight AK575 is 6E.

The 106th patient is also a
Vietnamese woman, 20, from Chau Phu district, An Giang province. She sat at the
6C seat on the flight./.