Illustrative image (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam on August 6 morning reported four people infected with thecoronavirus, including one in Hanoi and three in the central province of QuangNam, according to the National Steering Committee on COVID-19 Prevention andControl.
The three fromQuang Nam, aged 42 – 45, are all F1 cases who had close contact with otherCOVID-19 patients.
The Hanoipatient, a 42-year-old man and bus operator, lives in Phuc Dien, Bac Tu Liemdistrict. He was on a vacation with his family in the central city of Da Nangfrom July 14 – 17.
He showedsigns of fever and sore throat onJuly 19 and was admitted to the National Hospital for Tropical Diseases No.2 onthe outskirts of Hanoi on August 4.
With thelatest update, Vietnam’s tally now stands at 717, including 309 imported casesthat were quarantined upon arrival, and 268 connected to the Da Nang outbreakas from July 25.
As many as 381 patients have recovered so far and eight died.
Among the remaining active patients, 22 have tested negative for the coronavirusSARS-CoV-2 once and 11 others at least twice.
A total of 170,457 people whohad close contact with those infected with the virus or returned from pandemic-hitareas are being quarantined nationwide, including 6,717 at hospitals, 23,356 at State-designated quarantine facilities and 140,384 at home./.
VNA
