The Ministry of Health on the morning of April 13 announced two more Covid-19 infection cases, bringing the total number of patients in the country to 262.
A health worker takes samples for Covid-19 testing in Ha Loi Village
Both of the cases are in Ha Loi Village in Hanoi’s outlying district of Me Linh, which is a new hot spot of the pandemic with 10 cases reported so far.
The Ministry of Health has sent a special task force to assist the village in zoning off high-risk areas and environmental hygiene, as well as medical treatment.
According to Associate Prof. Dr. Tran Nhu Duong, deputy head of the National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology, the team includes experts who participated in the support of Son Loi Commune in the northern province of Vinh Phuc to deal with Covid-19 infections early this year.
Ha Loi Village has become a new outbreak in Hanoi following a local man or the country’s 243rd patient coming from Bach Mai Hospital tested positive for the virus. After that, nine other villagers have been also infected with the virus.
Ha Loi Village which is home to more than 11,000 people have been quarantined.
With the two newest cases reported early April 13, the number of cases in Hanoi rose to 110.
Among the total confirmed Covid-19 cases in Vietnam, 144 have recovered.
