Hanoi detects five locally-infected Covid-19 cases

Hanoi authorities have confirmed five new locally-infected Covid-19 patients in three districts with unknown sources of infection.

Hanoi authorities have confirmed five new locally-infected Covid-19 patients in three districts with unknown sources of infection.

Of the figures, three are from men aged between 35 and 56 in Nam Tu Liem District. All of them tested positive for Covid-19 on September 30.

 

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One man was a furniture seller in Xuan Phuong Ward. He often goes to Viet Tri City in Phu Tho Province. Another was a customer care staff at a bank office on Hoang Quoc Viet Street, while the third was a manager of a company in the An Khanh area.

The case in Ba Dinh District’s Truc Bach Street, who tested positive for Covid-19 on Thursday, is working for a firm on Lieu Giai Street.

The fifth patient is a 30-year-old man from Tay Ho District’s Quang An Ward. He has been staying at home for around one month after quitting his work in Hung Yen Province.

Between September 30 and October 1, Hanoi recorded a total of seven locally-transmitted Covid-19 cases after witnessing no such cases for six days. One infected patient was found on Thursday at the Vietnam-Germany Friendship Hospital.