Vietnam: HCM City added 3 more cases of COVID-19, for a total of 121 cases nationwide

Nursing staff hand over the suspect to the Emergency Center 115 HCMC - Photo: DUYEN PHAN

The test results of the patients were confirmed by the Pasteur Institute of Ho Chi Minh City.

Accordingly, patient 119 is male, 29 years old, American nationality, residing in Binh Thanh District, Ho Chi Minh City, working at BCG Financial Consulting Company, 13th floor Mplaza Saigon, No. 39, Le Duan street, Ben ward Nghe, District 1, HCMC.

From March 1 to March 15, he regularly traveled between Vietnam, Indonesia, Thailand and returned to Vietnam on March 15, not remembering the flight number and date of his flight into Vietnam. After that he went to work and went to a number of places to eat, relax, and exercise.

On March 19, he had a fever, a cough, and a sore throat. On March 20, he went to FV Hospital for examination and was admitted to the hospital, quarantined, treated, and sampled.

Patient 120 is male, Canadian nationality, 27 years old, residing in District 2, Ho Chi Minh City, is a foreign language teacher and has close contact with patient 91.

Britain from Canada to Vietnam from 11-2 up to now. During his stay in Vietnam, he had direct contact with patient 91 from March 14 at some restaurants and entertainment venues, including the Buddha Bar.

After the discovery of patient 91, he was concentrated in isolation in District 2 on the afternoon of March 19 and took samples on March 20 when he had no symptoms.

On March 21, he had a fever, a dry cough, was transferred to Cu Chi Field Hospital for isolation and treatment.

Patient 121 is male, 58 years old, residing in Tan Binh district, HCMC. On March 18, he and his wife from New York - the United States returned to Vietnam, transiting at Narita - Japan on ANA flight NH831, seat number 3H (husband), 3K (wife) and entering at Tan Son Nhat International Airport on March 19.

Both were then transferred to quarantine in Can Gio district. On March 20, he had a fever, had no cough, had no difficulty breathing, and was sampled. Currently, the patient continues to be monitored in isolation at the medical center of Can Gio district.