April 12, 2020 | 21:07 (GMT+7)
Two more COVID-19 cases reported in Vietnam, total now 260
The Ministry of Health on April 12 afternoon announced two more cases of COVID-19, bringing the total in the country to 260.
Both of the cases are in Ha Loi village, Me Linh commune, Hanoi’s outlying district of Me Linh, which is a new hot spot of the pandemic.
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Ha Loi village in Me Linh district, Hanoi |
The 259th case, 41 years old, is the wife of Patient 254. From April 3-6, she traveled to a number of other localities to sell flowers and buy necessities. After her husband’s sample on April 9 tested positive for the SARS-CoV-2 that causes the disease, she was quarantined a day later. Her sample also tested positive for the virus on April 11.
Meanwhile, the 260th is a 35-year-old farmer. Over the past two weeks, she did not go anywhere far from her house, but visited a butcher’s where Patient 259 also frequented. Besides, on April 6, she had close contacts with two F1 cases of Patient 243. Her sample tested positive on April 11.
Source: VNA