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Coronavirus Update: Vietnam’s Cases Rise to 39; Patients' Health Improves[/h] Thursday, 12 March 2020.
Nine new coronavirus cases in Vietnam have been confirmed within the last three days.
On March 9, Vietnam’s 31[SUP]st[/SUP] Covid-19 case was
announced. The patient is a 49-year-old British man who was on the same London-Hanoi flight as NHN, the high-profile first new case in Vietnam after weeks of no new patients.
Case 32 is a 24-year-old Vietnamese woman who is friends with Case 17, and the 33[SUP]rd[/SUP] case is another British man.
On March 10, the Ministry of Health
confirmed the county’s 34[SUP]th[/SUP] patient, DTLT, a 51-year-old Vietnamese businesswoman. Case 34 is not linked to the London-Hanoi flight.
T
traveled to New York from Saigon on February 22 via Incheon International Airport in South Korea. She flew back on February 29 from Washington DC, transiting in Qatar before arriving at Tan Son Nhat Airport on March 2, according to
Sai Gon Giai Phong.
T then took a car to Phan Thiet in Binh Thuan Province, and three days later came down with a fever and cough. During the time she was in Binh Thuan, she came into contact with family members and employees.
On March 11, the Binh Thuan provincial Ministry of Health
announced three new cases linked to Case 34, making the province more vulnerable to future infections. One is T’s housemaid, one is her employee and the third patient is her daughter-in-law. The four patients are receiving treatment at the provincial hospital.
In response, the health ministry has
sent an urgent s..:tiphat:
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