Two more new Covid-19 infection cases have just been confirmed in Vietnam, raising the number of patients in the country to 1,046, the Ministry of Health announced on Wednesday evening.
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He developed symptoms including fever and headache on August 19 and was brought to the Hai Duong General Hospital on August 30, where his samples were taken for viral testing. The testing results released on September 1 showed that he was positive for SARS-CoV-2.
The patient was then transferred to the National Hospital of Tropical Diseases in Hanoi for treatment. His sample tested on September 2 by the hospital was also positive for SARS-CoV-2.
The second patient is a 30-year-old male sailor on board the ship Nippon Maru from Japan. He was quarantined upon arrival in the southern coastal province of Khanh Hoa on August 30.
His sample was tested by the Nha Trang Pasteur Institute and showed positive for the virus. The patient is now being treated at the Khanh Hoa Hospital of Tropical Diseases.
With these latest infection cases, the number of imported Covid-19 patients have risen to 355 while those related to Danang City have increased to 550 since July 25, the ministry said.
The same day, 11 more Covid-19 patients were released from hospital following their full recovery, raising the total number of recoveries in the country to 746. There have been 34 deaths.
At present, 66,946 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.
