Two Vietnamese women who illegally returned from Cambodia have tested positive for SARS-CoV-2, raising the total number of patients in the country to 2,581, the Ministry of Health reported on Friday morning.
According to the ministry's report, the two women both aged 25 illegally entered Vietnam from Cambodia to Phu Quoc District in the southern province of Kien Giang by boat on March 22.
One then travelled to Ho Chi Minh City by sea and bus and the other travelled to Hanoi and then Haiphong City by air and car.
The two then felt ill and came to local hospitals for health check-ups on March 24 and both tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 on March 25. They are now being treated at local hospitals.
With these new infection cases, the number of Covid-19 patients in Vietnam has increased to 2,581, including 912 locally-transmitted cases reported since the new outbreak started in Hai Duong on January 28. Hai Duong Province alone has recorded 726 cases.
As of 6 pm on March 25, a total of 2,265 Covid-19 patients had recovered and been discharged from hospital. There have been 35 deaths, most of them being the elderly with serious underlying diseases.
At present, nearly 40,000 people who had close contact with Covid-19 patients or returned from virus-hit areas are being monitored at hospitals, quarantine facilities, and at home.
Two more Covid-19 infection cases confirmed on Friday morning
Two Vietnamese women who illegally returned from Cambodia have tested positive for SARS-CoV-2, raising the total number of patients in the country to 2,581, the Ministry of Health reported on Friday morning.
Source: dtinews.vn
