9th case in Vietnam infected with corona virus
On the morning of February 4, the Ministry of Health confirmed a 30-year-old patient in Vinh Phuc, positive for nCoV and was the 9th case in Vietnam.
The patient was one of eight people returning from Wuhan on the same flight CZ8315 of Southern China Airlines on January 17. Four of these have so far determined positive for nCoV.
"This man has been in close contact with other people at high risk so he gets sick," according to the Health Ministry.
Currently, the patient is treated in isolation at the 2 Dong Anh Central Hospital for Tropical Diseases, Hanoi. Stable health condition, nCoV specimen tested by Realtime RT-PCR technique at National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology.
Before that, the patient accompanied 7 other Vietnamese from the Nihon Plast Company of Japan to China to train in Wuhan city, Hubei province. This group returned to Vietnam via Noi Bai airport, then was picked up by company car, moved to the meeting company headquarters and then home.
Doctors of Cho Ray Hospital wear protective clothing before entering the isolation room of pneumonia patients. Photo: Huu Khoa
Vinh Phuc is currently the province with the highest number of coronavirus respiratory infections by Vietnamese, with three people. The patients came with a group back from Wuhan on January 17.
Ho Chi Minh City is treating 3 positive cases are all foreigners, including two human fathers Wuhan (infecting each other) and an American overseas Vietnamese who transits Wuhan airport for 2 hours.
Khanh Hoa, Thanh Hoa each place a shift. A patient in Khanh Hoa is infected with a CoV-infected Chinese father and child who are being treated at Cho Ray Hospital. The patient in Thanh Hoa, the same delegation to Wuhan with patients Vinh Phuc, was discharged yesterday.
