The Bạch Mai Hospital in Hà Nội was sterilised after more cases of COVID-19 were reported as connecting with the hospital. — VNA/VNS Photo Dương Giang

HÀ NỘI — The Ministry of Health on Sunday evening confirmed nine more cases of COVID-19, bringing the total patients in Việt Nam to 188.

Two of them are connected to Bạch Mai Hospital in Hà Nội.

The 180th patient, 27, is a Vietnamese student in France, living in Hà Nội’s Mỹ Đức District. She returned to Việt Nam on March 20 from France, connecting in Thailand, on flight TG564. She was put under quarantine in northern Ninh Bình Province upon her arrival.

The 181st patient, 33, is a Vietnamese man in Hà Nội. He came back Việt Nam from Thailand on flight TG564 on March 20 and was taken to a quarantine centre in Ninh Bình Province.

A Vietnamese student, 19, in Switzerland is the 182nd patient. She returned to Việt Nam on March 20, connecting in Thailand, on flight VN618 and was put into quarantine in Ninh Bình Province.

The 183rd patient is a Vietnamese reporter, 43, residing in Hà Nội’s Cầu Giấy District. She met with the 148th patient on March 12.   

The 184th patient is a Vietnamese woman, 43, who lives in northern Vĩnh Phúc Province’s Phúc Yên District. She returned to Việt Nam from Russia on flight SU290 via Nội Bài International Airport in Hà Nội on March 25.

The 185th patient is a Vietnamese man, 38, from Hà Nội’s Hoài Đức District. He went to Bạch Mai Hospital in Hà Nội for an eight-day treatment and left the hospital on March 19. He started to cough on March 24 and was tested for the SARS-COV-2 virus. He tested positive for the virus on March 29.

A French woman, 52, is the 186th patient. She is wife of the 76th patient. She arrived at Tân Sơn Nhất International Airport in HCM City on March 10 on flight TK162. From March 10-16, she travelled from HCM City to Mekong Delta's Cần Thơ City, Hội An Town in central Quảng Nam Province and Thừa Thiên-Huế province. She came to Ninh Bình Province on March 16 and was tested for COVID-19.

The 187th patient is an American man, 30, living in Hà Nội’s Tâ Hồ District. He arrived at Nội Bài International Airport in Hà Nội on March 13. He underwent self-quarantine at home from March 13-19 and had close contact with four Vietnamese people and five foreigners of the same building where he stays. His sample was taken for testing under a large-scale testing campaign on March 22 and the result was announced on March 25.

The 188th patient is a Vietnamese woman, 44, living in Hà Nội’s Mỹ Đức District. She works as a hot water deliverer for Bạch Mai hospital in Hà Nội. She lived with the 169th patient. She started to cough on March 22.

All of the patients are under quarantine and in stable conditions. — VNS