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Vietnam confirms nine imported Covid-19 patients on Wednesday

by dtinews.vn

Nine people who recently returned to Vietnam from abroad have tested positive for SARS-CoV-2, raising the total number of patients in the country to 2,603, the Ministry of Health reported on Wednesday evening.




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According to the ministry’s report, the new patients including four women and five men aged between 27-35 returned from Japan, the Philippines and Cambodia on March 29 and 30. They were sent to quarantine areas for Covid-19 prevention upon arrival and tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 in their second testing on March 30. They are now being treated at hospitals in Ca Mau, Tay Ninh and Danang.

With these new infection cases, the number of Covid-19 patients in Vietnam has increased to 2,603, including 910 locally-transmitted cases reported since the new outbreak started in Hai Duong on January 28.


As of 6 pm on March 31, a total of 2,359 Covid-19 patients had recovered and been discharged from hospital. There have been 35 deaths, most of them being the elderly with serious underlying diseases.

At present, over 37,000 people who had close contact with Covid-19 patients or returned from virus-hit areas are being monitored at hospitals, quarantine facilities, and at home.

Three new imported Covid-19 patients confirmed on Sunday morning

by dtinews.vn

Three Vietnamese people who recently returned from abroad have tested positive for SARS-CoV-2, raising the total number of patients in the country to 2,629, the Ministry of Health reported on Sunday morning.




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According to the ministry’s report, the three men aged between 38-45 returned from Angola at Van Don International Airport on March 31. They were sent to a quarantine facility in Bac Giang Province upon arrival and test positive for SARS-CoV-2 on April 3. They are now being treated at the Hanoi-based National Hospital for Tropical Diseases.

With these new infection cases, the number of Covid-19 patients in Vietnam has increased to 2,629, including 910 locally-transmitted cases reported since the new outbreak started in Hai Duong on January 28.

As of 6 am on April 4, a total of 2,383 Covid-19 patients had recovered and been discharged from hospital. There have been 35 deaths, most of them being the elderly with serious underlying diseases.

At present, over 27,000 people who had close contact with Covid-19 patients or returned from virus-hit areas are being monitored at hospitals, quarantine facilities, and at home.

New Cambodian Covid-19 outbreak puts Vietnam at high risk

by e.vnexpress.net

Cambodia was suffering a significant surge in Covid-19 community transmissions. On Tuesday, the country reported 181 new infections. Three days earlier, there were more than 1,000 cases.

Tran Dac Phu, senior advisor to the Health Ministry’s public health emergency operations center, told VnExpress Tuesday that “the border between Vietnam and Cambodia is really long, not to mention the sea and air routes. It should be noted that controlling travel by sea is truly difficult.”

Many Vietnamese people stay and do business in Cambodia and the number of people traveling back and forth, both legally and illegally, is high, he said.

“The infection risk is high and it is essential that we tighten control over border gates and all small paths that people use to enter Vietnam. It is possible that community outbreaks could re-emerge in the country if someone sneaks in illegally with the virus,” he said.

The World Health Organization (WHO) in Cambodia has recently warned of the risk Cambodia is facing.

“We stand on the brink of a national tragedy because of Covid-19. Despite our best efforts… new cases occur every day and we are racing against the virus. Unless we can stop the outbreak, Cambodia’s health system is at high risk of being overwhelmed, which would have disastrous consequences,” said WHO Representative to Cambodia, Li Ailan.

Just last month, Vietnam had suffered a spate of infections after a group of Vietnamese returned home illegally via the sea route .

Three of them, all women 25 and 26 years old, were confirmed infected after they returned from Cambodia on a fishing vessel that docked at Phu Quoc Island off the nation’s southern coast.

Last December, a man had tested positive after entering Vietnam illegally . He traveled from Myanmar to Thailand by truck and then got into Cambodia on another truck before sneaking into the south of the country. Fortunately, his mother reported him and thanks to her, the infection chain was stopped just in time. Three of the eight people crossing the border with him were also infected.

As per Vietnam’s protocols, all people entering the nation from abroad must be quarantined for 14 days, during which they will be tested at least twice.

Illegal entrants are those evading checkpoints to avoid quarantine.

Phu called on the nation’s citizens to proactively report to authorities if they come to learn of any person sneaking into the country illegally.

For around three weeks now, Vietnam has not recorded any community transmission but the number of imported cases has been increasing gradually, with many of them returnees from Cambodia.

So far, 1,570 of Vietnam’s 2,714 Covid-29 cases have been local transmissions.

Vietnam has inoculated around 60,000 citizens against Covid-19 with the vaccine produced by British-Swedish firm AstraZeneca, obtained either through contracts or global vaccine access mechanism Covax. Most of the vaccinated people so far are frontline workers in the Covid-19 fight.

The nation is expected to start mass production of indigenously produced Nanocovax vaccine in August if a three-phase human trial is successfully completed in May.

Indian man among three new imported Covid-19 patients in Vietnam

by dtinews.vn

Two Vietnamese women and an Indian man have tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 after arriving in Vietnam, raising the total number of patients in the country to 2,575, the Ministry of Health reported on Monday evening.



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According to the ministry’s report, the 45-year-old Indian man arrived at Tan Son Nhat International Airport in Ho Chi Minh City on March 20. He was sent to a local quarantine area upon arrival and tested positive for coronavirus on March 21.

The patient is now being treated at the Cu Chi Field Hospital for Covid-19 patients.

Another patient is a 31-year-old Vietnamese woman who returned from the UAE at Tan Son Nhat International Airport in Ho Chi Minh City on March 10. She was sent to a quarantine area in Dong Nai Province upon arrival and tested positive for coronavirus on March 21.

The patient is now being treated at the Dong Nai Lung Hospital.

The last patient is a 24-year-old Vietnamese woman who returned to Ha Tien International Border Gate in Kien Giang Province on February 28. She was sent to a local quarantine area upon arrival and tested positive for coronavirus on March 21.

The patient is now being treated at the Ha Tien City Healthcare Centre.

With these new infection cases, the number of Covid-19 patients in Vietnam has increased to 2,575, including 908 locally-transmitted cases reported since the new outbreak started in Hai Duong on January 28. Hai Duong Province alone has recorded 724 cases.


As of 6 pm on March 22, a total of 2,234 Covid-19 patients had recovered and been discharged from hospital. There have been 35 deaths, most of them being the elderly with serious underlying diseases.

At present, nearly 40,000 people who had close contact with Covid-19 patients or returned from virus-hit areas are being monitored at hospitals, quarantine facilities, and at home.

Vietnam records six new imported Covid-19 patients

by dtinews.vn

Six Vietnamese people who recently returned from abroad have tested positive for SARS-CoV-2, raising the total number of patients in the country to 2,626, the Ministry of Health reported on Saturday evening.




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According to the ministry’s report, four of the new patients including three men and one woman aged between 41-51 returned from Angola at Van Don International Airport on March 31. They were sent to a quarantine area in Bac Ninh Province upon arrival and test positive for SARS-CoV-2 on April 2. They are now being treated at a hospital in Bac Ninh Province.

Two other patients who are both women aged 2 returned through Moc Bai International Border Gate in Tay Ninh Province on April 1. They tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 on April 3 and are now being treated at a local healthcare centre.

With these new infection cases, the number of Covid-19 patients in Vietnam has increased to 2,626, including 910 locally-transmitted cases reported since the new outbreak started in Hai Duong on January 28.


As of 6 pm on April 3, a total of 2,383 Covid-19 patients had recovered and been discharged from hospital. There have been 35 deaths, most of them being the elderly with serious underlying diseases.

At present, over 27,000 people who had close contact with Covid-19 patients or returned from virus-hit areas are being monitored at hospitals, quarantine facilities, and at home.

Indian man among six new imported Covid-19 patients in Vietnam

by dtinews.vn

Five Vietnamese people and an Indian man who recently arrived in Vietnam have tested positive for SARS-CoV-2, raising the total number of patients in the country to 2,637, the Ministry of Health reported on Monday evening.


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According to the ministry’s report, five Vietnamese new patients including three men and two women aged between 21-34 recently returned from Japan and Angola to Quang Ninh and Danang. They were sent to quarantine upon arrival and are now being treated at hospitals in Hanoi, Danang, and Quang Nam Province.

The 40-year-old Indian man landed at Tan Son Nhat International Airport in HCM City on April 1 and tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 on April 3. He is now being treated at the Cu Chi Fields Hospital for Covid-19 patients.

With these new infection cases, the number of Covid-19 patients in Vietnam has increased to 2,637, including 910 locally-transmitted cases reported since the new outbreak started in Hai Duong on January 28.

As of 6 pm on April 5, a total of 2,416 Covid-19 patients had recovered and been discharged from hospital. There have been 35 deaths, most of them being the elderly with serious underlying diseases.

At present, over 27,000 people who had close contact with Covid-19 patients or returned from virus-hit areas are being monitored at hospitals, quarantine facilities, and at home.