Hospital C of Da Nang city, where the new patient visited for check-up on July 20 before he was confirmed as the 416th case of COVID-19 on July 25 (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – Reporting at the session of the cabinetheld on July 25 under the chair of Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc, Acting HealthMinister Nguyen Thanh Long confirmed the 416th case of COVID-19 inthe country.
The 57-year-old Da Nang man is a typical community infectioncase with the outside source coming into the central city. His sample wasconfirmed positive on July 25 morning to SARS-CoV-2 that causes the disease.
The Da Nang Diseases Control Centre has conducted tests for 105people who had close contact with the patient and they all turn out negative.It is currently listing those having contacted with the patient to conducttests and quarantine.
The health ministry has sent experts and equipment to Da Nang tohelp contain the outbreak, and dispatches to relevant ministries andauthorities urging them to intensify the control and management of the immigrationof foreigners.
Speaking at the session, PM Phuc directed relevant ministriesand authorities to keep calm and look for ways to prevent the infection in thecommunity. There must be timely and necessary decisions in the time to come,particularly in major cities, in the pandemic fight, he stressed./.
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