Quick SARS-CoV-2 tests conducted in Hanoi's Cau Giay district (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) - Justone new COVID-19 infection case was reported on April 4 afternoon, bringing thetotal number in the country to 240.
The 240th patient is a 29-year-old Vietnamesewoman from Luc Nam district in the northernprovince of Bac Giangwho lived andworked inBangkok, Thailand.
On March 19, she joined a partyin Thailand with the family of the 166thpatient – a 25-year-old woman also from Bac Giang province.
On March 20, she returned to Hanoi on flightVN618, seat 28B from Bangkok and was sent to a concentrated quarantine camp in Nho Quan district, Ninh Binh province upon arrival.
She developed a fever on March 31 and testedpositive to SARS-CoV-2 on April 1 at Ninh Binh province’s General Hospital.
Her six roommates at the quarantine camp alltested negative for the virus on the same day.
On March 30, health officials in the centralprovince of Quang Binhisolated eight people who had been in close contact with the 166th patient whenthey were in Thailand.
As of April 4 afternoon, Vietnam hassuccessfully treated 90 COVID-19 patients.
The number of suspected infections was 3,736,down 935 cases compared to April 3.
The healthcare sector also urged localities totrace all people who had come in contact with the 237th patient – a Swedish manwho was confirmed infected with COVID-19 on April 1 afterbeing hospitalised following an accident./.
Permanent Deputy Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son emphasised the importance of international cooperation in the COVID-19 fight during the third phone talks with leaders of the ministries of foreign affairs of the US, Japan, the Republic of Korea (RoK), India, Australia and New Zealand on April 3.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has urged Vietnamese representative agencies abroad to raise the sense of responsibility and keep staying in the host countries to fulfill all assigned tasks amid the complicated developments of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Two new COVID-19 infection cases, including one relating to Hanoi-based Bach Mai Hospital, were confirmed by the Ministry of Health on April 4 morning, raising the total number of patients nationwide to 239.
The Ministry of Health (MoH) has issued an urgent notice to trace all people in close contact with the 237th COVID-19 patient, a 64-year-old Swedish man, who was reported infected with the coronavirus on April 1 after being hospitalised for a accident.
The Government Office on late April 3 issued a document detailing the instructions on the implementation of the Prime Minister’s Directive 16 regarding a 14-day nationwide stay-at-home order and social distancing measures starting April 1 to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic.
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