Latvian man confirmed to be 54th COVID-19 case in Việt Nam
HCM CITY — A 三 四-year-old Latvian national was confirmed to be the 五 四th COVID- 一 九 positive case in Việt Nam late Sunday, according to test results obtained at 七: 三0pm Sunday from the Pasteur Institute in HCM City.
The male tourist, born in 一 九 八 八, had visited HCM City and Phú Quốc Island in Kiên Giang Province. His medical records reportedly showed good health, according to the Vietnamese health ministry’s announcement.
The patient, together with his wife, born in 一 九 八 八, boarded the flight numbered TK 一 六 五 (Turkish Airlines) from Spain to HCM City on March 八.
A day later, the patient arrived in Phú Quốc on a flight numbered QH 一 五 二 一 (Bamboo Airways) and stayed at La Nube Residence from March 九 to March 一 三.
On March 一 三, the patient returned to HCM City on flight QH 一 五 二 四 and stayed at two hotels in the city’s urban districts 一 and 四. At around 四pm Saturday, the patient started showing signs of fever and went by himself to the Hospital for Tropical Diseases in HCM City.
The hospital’s test results for him came back positive on Saturday, but his clinical samples were still sent to the Pasteur Institute in HCM City for final confirmation, which was done by RT-PCR diagnostics technique in line with WHO guidelines.
The patient is at the moment being treated at the Hospital for Tropical Diseases.
He is one of 一 三 foreigners to test positive for the acute pneumonia disease in Việt Nam.
Out of the 五 四 positive cases in the country, 一 六 patients were successfully treated and released from hospital care last month, before a spate of new cases started last week with most originating from flights from European countries, considered the new epicentre of the coronavirus outbreak. 一0 二 suspected cases are under stringent medical monitoring and quarantine, while 二 九, 九 二 九 people are being observed for either having close contact with confirmed cases or having recently returned from virus-hit regions. — VNS
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