One more person has tested positive for coronavirus in Vietnam, bringing the number of confirmed infections to nine, according to the Ministry of Health.
Doctors check equipment at a special isolated hospital which has been completed in Móng Cái City, the northern province of Quảng Ninh. The hospital is specialised in treating patients testing positive for coronavirus. — VNA/VNS Photo
The male patient is 30 years old, from Minh Quang Commune, Tam Đảo District in the northern province of Vĩnh Phúc.
He has been isolated at the National Hospital for Tropical Diseases in Hanoi and is in a stable condition.
He was among eight people returning from Wuhan City in China on the same flight. Four of them were infected with the virus.
Eight Vietnamese people were sent to Wuhan City for training by Nihon Plast Co Ltd of Japan and returned to Vietnam on China Southern Airlines fight CZ8315 on January 17.
One of the patients has now been released after doctors confirmed she was free of the virus.
Vietnam has so far reported 304 suspected cases of coronavirus, 214 have tested negative for the virus and 90 are in quarantine while samples are tested.
As of Monday night, 50 provinces and cities out of 63 in the country have announced days off for students, with 30 allowing up to one week off (January 2-9), at least for the time being.
