Vietnam’s capital city of Hanoi has reported two new coronavirus cases, bringing the total number of cases in the country to 20.
Two new coronavirus cases were linked to Nguyen Hong Nhung, 17th case.
The two new confirmed cases are the 27-year-old driver and 64-year-old aunt of 17th case, both residing in Truc BachStreet, Ba Dinh District of Hanoi. Both were identified at high risk of contracting the infection from the 26-year-old women.
Health authorities have taken their samples for testing and the results showed they were infected with the deadly virus, becoming the 19th and 20th cases in the country.
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According local media, the 26-year old woman returning from Europe has tested positive for the novel coronavirus after Vietnam went 22 days with no new infection.
The patient had left Hanoi’s Noi Bai Airport on February 15 to visit family members living in London, England. Three days later, she traveled from London to Milan City, in the province of Lombardy, Italy, and returned to London on February 20.
On February 25, the woman traveled from London to Paris to visit her sister. She contracted a cough on February 29, but did not get checked up.
On March 1, she reportedly felt body pain and fatigue, but it was unclear if she had a fever. The same day, she boarded flight VN0054 of Vietnam Airlines from London and landed in Hanoi at 4:30 a.m. on March 2. She did not have a fever then.
After completing entry procedures, the patient was allowed to drive a family car home to Truc Bach Street in Ba Dinh District’s Truc Bach Ward.
Later, she developed a mild fever and coughed a lot, and was admitted to Hong Ngoc Hospital in Ba Dinh District Thursday. The very same day, she was transferred to the Central Hospital for Tropical Diseases where she tested positive for the novel coronavirus.
Eight of the patient’s family members including her father, uncle, five janitors and a personal chauffeur are also being isolated at the Central Hospital for Tropical Diseases. All are reportedly healthy, with no signs of fever or cough.
Seventeen doctors from Hong Ngoc Hospital who had been in contact with the patient are also being isolated at the hospital, and in good health.
After Vietnam reported its 16th Covid-19 infection on February 13, the nation went 22 days without detecting any new case. All the 16 patients have recovered and been discharged from hospitals.
The health ministry on Saturday afternoon confirmed the 18th infection case, a 27-year-old man who has been quarantined in northern Ninh Binh Province upon returning to Vietnam from Daegu since Wednesday.
Every traveler arriving in Vietnam from overseas will need to fill out health declaration forms starting this Saturday.
The arrivals can choose to file the declaration in paper or electronic form, via the Preventive Health Department website suckhoetoandan.vn/khaiyte. The declaration form is available in English, Chinese, South Korean, Italian and Cambodian, local media reports.
The Ministry of Health also requires those with symptoms like cough, fever, shortness of breath, and fatigue to be examined and quarantined.
Vietnam already required those arriving from mainland China, South Korea, Iran, and Italy, the worst-hit countries, to be quarantined for at least 14 days.
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