Việt Nam confirms 21st COVID-19 case

March 08, 2020 - 10:38

He was on the same flight as patient N.H.N, a 27-year-old woman in Hà Nội who was confirmed to have tested positive on Friday evening after returning from Europe.

HÀ NỘI — One more person connected to the 17th COVID-19 patient of Việt Nam has tested positive for SARS-CoV-2, the Ministry of Health confirmed on Sunday.

This brings the total cases to four in Hà Nội and 21 in Việt Nam. The first 16 patients have all been successfully treated and discharged from hospital.

N.Q.T, 61 years old, resides in Trúc Bạch Ward, Ba Đình District of Hà Nội. He is now being treated at the National Tropical Diseases No2 in Hà Nội’s Đông Anh District.

Trúc Bạch Street in Ba Đình District where the first COVID-19 patient of Hà Nội resides is sterilised. — VNA/VNS Photo Dương Giang

He was on the same flight as patient N.H.N, a 27-year-old woman in Hà Nội who was confirmed to have tested positive on Friday evening after returning from Europe.

He started to cough and feel tired on Friday (March 6) and was tested for the virus on March 7.

Initial investigations by authorised forces showed the 21st patient had close contact with 26 people, including his wife and driver who are now under quarantine, and his colleagues at work.

They will continue tracking to find others who had close contact with the patient to put prevention measures in place.

Medical workers sterilised his house and the surrounding area. — VNS

Bắc Giang announces rearrangement of district, commune-level administrative units

Society

PM inspects, attends groundbreaking ceremony of infrastructure projects in Lào Cai

Society

Việt Nam International Defence Exhibition extends visiting times in some areas

Society

Việt Nam International Defence Expo 2024 impresses foreign guests

Society

Historic milestone: HCM City’s first metro line launches after years of delay

Society

Fire safety tightened for private homes after karaoke bar traged

More on this story

Society

Gender Equality: A game-changer for society across generations

This March 8 and everyday, we invite everyone to join us in proudly saying: I am Generation Equality!

Society

Minister assures capital of food supplies

Minister of Industry and Trade Trần Tuấn Anh has allayed fears of food shortages following panic buying sparked by the latest coronavirus confirmed cases.

Society

Việt Nam confirms 20th COVID-19 case

Two more people connected to patient 17, a 27-year-old woman in Hà Nội who returned from a trip in Europe, had tested positive for SARS-CoV-2, according to Government sources. This brings the total of cases to 20 in Việt Nam.

Society

Twenty-five in contact with COVID-19 patient test negative for virus

Twenty five out of 33 people in close contact with Hà Nội’s first COVID-19 patient have tested negative for the virus, according to the latest reports from the municipal Department of Health at an urgent meeting on Saturday morning.

Society

Trúc Bạch Street sterilised after COVID-19 patient discovered

Early Saturday morning, the whole area where the Việt Nam's 17th confirmed case of COVID-19 lives in Hà Nội's Ba Đình District is sterilised, following the National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology's announcement of the case on Friday night.

Society

Debunking six myths about Việt Nam’s 17th victim of COVID-19

Since Việt Nam reported its 17th COVID-19 case on Friday night in a woman who returned from a trip to Europe, fake news and rumours have spread like wildfire on social media. The young woman is the first person in Hà Nội to have been infected and has suffered vicious online abuse, with many commenters slandering her with easily debunked information.

Society

Compulsory e-health declaration for all passengers entering Việt Nam

Deputy Prime Minister and head of the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control Vũ Đức Dam on March 6 ordered compulsory electronic health declarations for all passengers entering Việt Nam starting from 6:00am on March 7.

Society

Disabled people need better access to education: experts

Nguyễn Văn Cử, Deputy Director of the Centre for Research and Capacity Development for People with Disabilities (HCM City) used to cry a lot because of discrimination.

Society

Realising women’s rights towards gender equality

According to the Global Gender Gap report 2018, which benchmarks 149 countries on their progress towards gender parity on a scale from 0 (disparity) to 1 (parity) across four thematic dimensions—the sub-indexes Economic Participation and Opportunity, Educational Attainment, Health and Survival, and Political Empowerment.