Hanoi chairman Nguyen Duc Chung
Chairman of Hanoi City People's Committee, Nguyen Duc Chung, told a meeting with the local Centre for Diseases Control on April 3 that the tourist had stayed at a hotel in Long Bien District since March 22.
According to the official, the 64-year-old man entered Vietnam in late December 2019 through Moc Bai Border Gate in the southern province of Tay Ninh and travelled to different provinces and cities across the country, including Ninh Binh province on March 17, HCM City from March 21 to 22 and Hanoi from March 22. He has blood cancer.
On March 26, the patient was injured in an accident and was sent to Vietnam-France Hospital in an ambulance. He returned to a local hotel afterwards.
On March 31, he started having a nosebleed and had an examination at Duc Giang General Hospital then was transferred to the National Institute of Haematology and Blood Transfusion.
The patient was confirmed to be infected with Covid-19 on April 3 and admitted to the National Hospital for Tropical Diseases.
Speaking at the meeting, chairman of the Long Bien District People's Committee, Nguyen Manh Ha explained that the man did not lie in the group of foreign people who need to be monitored or take viral tests as he arrived in Vietnam on December 19, 2019.
The city chairman asked the director of the Health Department to pay more attention to the foreign people in the area so as to better prevent virus spread.
Vietnam reported 239 Covid-19 cases as of Saturday morning with Hanoi accounting for the largest portion with 107 patients.
