Two more Covid-19 infection cases were confirmed on Sunday evening, bringing the total number of patients in Vietnam to 420 according to the National Steering Committee for Covid-19 Prevention and Control.
Police and health workers inspect an area for Covid-19 prevention in Danang City.
One of the new patients is a 17-year old man residing in Quang Ngai City in the central province of Quang Ngai.
A report from the committee said that on July 14, he visited the Orthopedic and Physical Rehabilitation Hospital in nearby Danang City to take care of his elder brother.
On July 17, he travelled back to Quang Ngai by passenger coach together with some other passengers who had gone to Danang Hospital C.
On July 20, he went to the Danang Orthopedic and Physical Rehabilitation Hospital again and showed fever symptoms.
On July 22, he took a train from Danang to Quang Ngai. As he got a fever, mild cough, shortness of breath, he went for a medical check at the Quang Ngai City General Hospital.
On July 24, he got his samples collected by the Quang Ngai Center for Disease Control. The samples were then sent to Pasteur Institute in Nha Trang and the outcome released the following day showed that he was positive for the virus.
The patient is being treated at Binh Son District Medical Centre in Quang Ngai Province.
The other patient is a 71-year old woman living in Danang City. She is the third Covid-19 case confirmed in the city over the past two days, the report said.
On July 12, she got fever and chest pain and was admitted to the Danang Hospital C on July 22.
On July 25, she got her samples collected by the Danang Center for Disease Control and the testing outcome released the following showed that the woman was positive for the virus.
She is being quarantined and treated at the Danang Hospital C.
The Danang Municipal People’s Committee has issued a range of measures including social distancing since Sunday afternoon to prevent community transmission of Covid-19 after some residents have been confirmed positive for the virus over the past two days.
