Detection of 8th case of corona virus in Vietnam

On the morning of February 3, the Ministry of Health confirmed that a 29-year-old female patient, a returning worker from Wuhan, was positive for nCoV, bringing the total number of Vietnamese cases to 8.

The patient in Yongfang was one of eight returning from Wuhan on the same flight, three of whom were identified as suffering from acute respiratory infections caused by nCoV. These three people are isolated and treated at the National Hospital of Tropical Diseases and the Department of Tropical Medicine and Thanh Hoa General Hospital.

This is a case of "close contact with high-risk cases" , the Ministry of Health said.

Case containing suspected corona virus in Central Hospital of Tropical Diseases.(Photo: Giang Huy).

The Ministry of Health has assigned samples to be sent to the Central Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology to test and identify agents and direct this case to be quarantined at medical establishments. Currently, the patient is being isolated at Dong Anh Central Tropical Diseases Hospital and is in stable condition.

In terms of epidemiological history, the patient was accompanied by 7 Vietnamese people, who were sent to China to train in China by Nihon Plast Co., Ltd. in Wuhan City, Hubei Province. She returned to Vietnam on January 17 on Southern China flight CZ8315.

The patient returned to Vietnam by air via Noi Bai airport, then was picked up by the company car and moved to the company's headquarters. After returning to the company, the group has a meeting (including patients with 7 Vietnamese people from the same group). Next she moved home with a colleague on the same bus.

Patient samples were positive for nCoV virus, tested by Realtime RT-PCR, at National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology.

In Vietnam, there are 8 people identified with new corona virus infection, including one person who has recovered. The number of suspected cases - including those who showed signs of fever, coughing and returning from the epidemic area - was 92, of which 65 had negative nCoV results, and the rest were isolated.

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