Tuesday, December 29, 2020, 09:53 GMT+7
This file image exhibits a quarantine center in Dong Thap Province, southern Vietnam. Photo: Ngoc Tai / Tuoi Tre
A woman who had traveled with a COVID-19 patient in a car to made an illegal entry into Vietnam last week has tested positive for the novel coronavirus, an official said on Tuesday.
The woman lives in Lai Vung District, Dong Thap Province, located in the Mekong Delta, Doan Tan Buu, deputy chairman of the province, told
Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper on Tuesday morning.
She is being monitored in stable health at a hospital in Dong Thap, Buu said.
The motel where the new COVID-19 patient lives is blocked (Source: VNA)
HCM City (VNA) – The Ho Chi
Minh City Disease Control Centre (CDC) has confirmed a new
24-year-old man who illegally entered Vietnam together with Patients 1,440 and
1,451 and three others.
The man was detected at a motel in Long
Binh ward of District 9 on December 28, according to the centre.
Fifteen people having close contacts with the
new patient have tested negative to SARS-CoV-2 once and sent to quarantine.
Local authorities have isolated the motel where the man stayed, and his
workplace, a mechanical workshop
at Nguyen Xien street.
The man said that
Tuesday, December 29, 2020, 15:46 GMT+7
Doan Tan Buu (standing), vice-chairman of the Dong Thap People s Committee, chairs an urgent meeting to direct epidemic prevention upon the discovery of a COVID-19 case in Dong Thap Province on December 29, 2020. Photo: N.Tai / Tuoi Tre
A woman in Dong Thap Province, who illegally entered Vietnam in a car along with COVID-19 patient 1,440 last week, tested positive for the novel coronavirus and came into close contact with at least six more people, including a shipper and a sugarcane juice vendor.
Doan Tan Buu, vice-chairman of the Dong Thap People s Committee, held an urgent meeting on Tuesday upon the discovery of a coronavirus-positive case.