Health ministry confirms three local infection cases
VGP – The Ministry of Health confirmed four new COVID-19 cases on Friday morning, bringing the national patient tally to 2,914.
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The latest patients include three local infection cases (one in Ha Noi and two in Hung Yen Province), who had a party with patient numbered 2899 on April 22.
As reported earlier, patient 2899 is a 28-year-old man in Ha Nam Province. He was repatriated from Japan on April 7.
The man was quarantined in Da Nang City until April 22 when he returned to his hometown on April 22 after having tested negative for COVID-19 thrice.
On April 24, the man developed symptoms like cough, fever and throat pain and was confirmed positive for COVID-19 on April 29.
The other patient is a 24-year-old woman who returned to Viet Nam on April 27 via Lao Bao border gate in the central province of Quang Tri.
As the COVID-19 pandemic is evolving complicatedly in the region and the world, the Vietnamese Government called on authorities and individuals to sustain vigilance and uphold the sense of responsibility in COVID-19 prevention and control.
The Government also demanded preparations for the scenario of 30,000 COVID-19 infection cases in Viet Nam./.
By Ngoc Van
