The Ministry of Health on March 18 evening confirmed eight more people tested positive for SARS-CoV-2, bringing the total number of COVID-19 patients in Vietnam to 76.
A health quarantine area at Noi Bai International Airport in Hanoi. Photo from the Ministry of Health
The 69th case is a 30-year-old German man who entered Vietnam through Hanoi’s Noi Bai International Airport on March 13 onFlight SU290. He visited a number of places in Hanoi from March 13-15.Currently his health is stable.
The 70th is a 19-year-old resident of Hanoi and a student in the UK who arrived at Noi Bai airport on March 16 on Flight TK164,and he is now in stable conditions.
The 71st is also a 19-year-old resident of Hanoi and a student in the UK who arrived at Noi Bai airport on March 16 on FlightTK164, and her health is stable now.
The 72nd is a 25-year-old French woman, a passenger on the flight from France to Noi Bai on March 9 that saw a positive case. She visited a number of places in Hanoi and northern Ninh Binh province.Her health is now stable.
The 73rd is an 11-year-old boy from northern Hai Duong province who came back to Vietnam on Flight VN0054 from the UK on March 9, and now in stable health conditions.
The 74th is a 23-year-old male resident of the northern province of Phu Tho who came back to Vietnam on Flight VN0018 from France on March16. He health conditions are now stable.
The 75th is a 40-year-old female resident of Ho Chi Minh City in the south who visited London on March 4 but did not contact with any COVID-19 patient. She arrived back to Vietnam on March 15 on Flight VN50 without showing any symptom of the disease. However, her sample tested positive on March 17 and 18, and her health conditions are stable.
Lastly, the 76th case is a 52-year-old French man, who arrived at Tan Son Nhat International Airport on March 10 on flight TK162. He visited Ho Chi Minh City,Can Tho city, Hoi An (Quang Nam province) and Hue (Thua Thien-Hue province)from March 10-16.
He then travelled to Ninh Binh province, and had sample test. His sample was sent to the National Institute for Hygiene and Epidemiology (NIHE) and the result was positive.
He is being treated at the Hanoi-based National Hospital of Tropical Disease and in stable health condition.
The Ministry of Health said that after 16 patients were discharged, there are now 60 Covid-19 cases being treated at local hospitals. Two of them including a British man and a Vietnamese woman are in serious condition as they have other diseases. Others are recovering, with five have showed negative for the virus at least once.
