Among the new patients, seven, aged 41, 34, 53, 57, 61, 23 and 57, are female employees of Truong Sinh Co., Ltd. and work at the canteen of Hanoi-based Bach Mai Hospital.
Another patient is a 41-year-old man in Hanoi’s outskirts district of Thanh Oai who visited the center for tropical diseases of Bach Mai Hospital on March 12 and tested positive for the virus on March 29.
All of the eight patients are under treatment at the National Hospital for Tropical Diseases No.2 in Hanoi’s Dong Anh district, and in stable health condition.
Patient No. 203 is a 35-year-old Vietnamese woman who boarded flight TK162 from Greece after transiting in Turkey to Tan Son Nhat International Airport in Ho Chi Minh City on March 17.
Upon entry, she was sent to a concentrated quarantine facility in Nha Be district in the city. Her samples, sent to the city's Hospital for Tropical Diseases on March 27, were confirmed positive.
She is being treated at the hospital for COVID-19 in Can Gio district, HCM City.
Patient No.204 is a 10-year-old boy flying from Prague (the Czech Republic) to Istanbul (Turkey) on Flight 1770 on March 14, and from Istanbul to Vietnam on Flight TK162 on March 15 - the same flight as the 83rd patient.
Upon entry, he showed no symptoms and was transferred to a concentrated quarantine center at the Military School of Military Region 7 in HCM City’s district 12. His test on March 18 turned up negative for SARS-CoV-2 that causes the COVID-19 pandemic.
However, the test result on March 27 was positive. Currently, the boy is being treated at the hospital for COVID-19 in Can Gio district, HCM City.
Source: VNA