A tour guide in Hanoi has become the 39th Covid-19 case in Vietnam, the Health Ministry announced on Thursday morning.
The Emergency Department at Hanoi-based National Hospital for Tropical Diseases
The 25-year-old man lives in a lane in Cau Giay District's Dich Vong Ward which has been closed and disinfected to prevent virus transmission.
According to a report from the ministry, the man guided a group of tourists to Ninh Binh Province on March 4 and was in close contact with a British tourist who then tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 while on a trip to Ha Long Bay.
The tour guide was admitted to Hanoi-based National Hospital for Tropical Diseases on March 8 with light fever. His samples showed positive with SARS-CoV-2 late March 11.
This is the fifth virus case in Hanoi. Local authorities are looking for 20 people who were reported to have had close contact with the guide, and 79 others who had contacts with those 20 people.
