Body temperature checked helps prevent the spread of COVID-19. (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – Two Vietnamese women returning home illegally throughPhu Quoc island in the Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang were diagnosed withCOVID-19, the Ministry of Health said on March 26.
Both of them, aged 25, came back to Vietnam on a fishing vessel on March 22.The same day, one travelled to Ho Chi Minh City by boat and road, while theother flew to Hanoi on Vietjet flight VJ458 before going to Hai Phong city on aprivate car.
The woman who came to Ho Chi Minh City got medical checkup at FV hospital onMarch 24, and was tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 on March 25. She is beingquarantined at Cu Chi Hospital. Meanwhile, the other had a test at VinmecHospital in Hai Phong city on March 24, and was confirmed positive on thefollowing day.
The Ministry of Health issued an urgent notice at 23:00 on March 25, asking allpassengers on flight VJ458 from Phu Quoc to Noi Bai International Airport tocontact medical stations nearby for support.
Meanwhile, competent authority in Thuan An city, southern Binh Duong province sealedoff road D35 in the Vietnam-Singapore residential area in An Phu ward as oneChinese man living there was contracted with COVID-19. The man came to Moc Bai bordergate in Tay Ninh province for goods purchase a couple of days ago.
The authority has identified eight people who came in close contact with the case.
As of 6:00 on March 26, Vietnam documented 1,603 domestically-transmittedinfections, including 910 logged since the latest outbreak on January 27.
As manyas 36,480 people who came in close contact with COVID-19 patients or arrivedfrom pandemic-hit areas are under quarantine nationwide, including 485 athospitals, 18,343 at other quarantine sites, and 17,652 at home.
The Ministry of Health’s Medical Examination and Treatment ManagementDepartment said that 2,265 patients have been clear of the virus so far.
Among the patients under treatment, 54 havetested negative for the virus once, 21 twice, and 45 thrice.
The National Expanded Programme on Immunisation said that additional 2,408people were inoculated with COVID-19 vaccine on March 25.
By 16:00 on the day, Vietnam had 42,225 frontline medical workers receivingCOVID-19 vaccine shots./.
VNA
