Health workers check the temperature for people at a quarantine area in Danang City. Photo by nld.
According to a report from the ministry, the 41-year-old man left Vietnam on February 11 and had gone through eight countries including India, Spain, Morocco, Switzerland, Germany, Hungary, Holland, and Singapore before returning to Danang International Airport on March 14.
After seeing his health declarations, authorities at Danang Airport sent him to a local hospital for quarantine.
His samples showed positive for the virus on the morning of March 18.
As of March 18, Danang has reported four Covid-19 cases including two British tourists, a local saleswoman who came in close contact with the two tourists, and the American man.
The Ministry of Health said that after 16 patients were discharged, there are now 52 Covid-19 cases being treated at local hospitals. Two of them including a British man and a Vietnamese woman are in serious condition as they have other diseases. Others are recovering, with five have showed negative for the virus at least once.