Yen Bai reports one new COVID-19 case

Nhu Nguyet 2 hotel where Indian experts are quarantined (Photo: VNA)

Yen Bai (VNA) – The northern mountainous province of on April
27 recorded a infection.

According to , Director of the provincial
Health Department, the 63-year-old patient is a staff at a hotel which is used as a quarantine facility for a group of Indian experts.

Four out of the 11 Indian experts, who entered Vietnam on
April 18, were tested positive for SARS-CoV-2, which causes the COVID-19.

The new patient has been put under strict quarantine since
the experts’ arrival, and is now moved to the National Hospital for Tropical
Diseases No.2 in Dong Anh district of Hanoi for treatment.

The seven remaining Indian experts and one local medical
worker continue to be quarantined at the hotel./.