April 05, 2020 | 20:32 (GMT+7)
Vietnam's total COVID-19 cases now 241
A Vietnamese student from the U.K. was confirmed positive for SARS-CoV-2 on April 5 afternoon, bringing the total number of COVID-19 cases in Vietnam to 241, according to the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control.
The 20-year-old student boarded Flight VN0050 from London to Vietnam on March 21, and arrived at Can Tho airport in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho one day later.
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Soldiers of the Chemical Corps and Military Medicine Department spray disinfectant to sterilize Bach Mai Hospital. Photo for illustration |
Upon entry, the man showed no symptoms of the COVID-19 disease and was transferred to a concentrated quarantine area in the Mekong Delta province of Bac Lieu.
He tested negative for SARS-CoV-2 that causes COVID-19 on March 25. However, on March 31, he displayed symptoms of fever and sore throat. The second test by the Pasteur Institute in Ho Chi Minh City on April 1 turned up positive.
The student is being treated at Bac Lieu General Hospital in Bac Lieu province.
Source: VNA