Scientists from the Hospital for Tropical Disease in Ho Chi Minh City yesterday announced Covid-19 outbreaks in Tan Son Nhat Airport are likely caused by variant originating from Rwanda.
One new Covid-19 patient was confirmed on Wednesday morning after the fourth test result came out to be positive.
Ho Chi Minh City on February 9 reported two more COVID-19 infections related to the Tan Son Nhat International Airport outbreak hotspot, according to the Ho Chi Minh City Center for Disease Control (HCDC).
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc requested Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi to practice social distancing in residential quarters where Covid-19 locally-transmitted cases occurred when city administrators suppose bad situation may take place.
The National Steering Board for Covid-19 Prevention and Control this morning said that within 12 hours, the country recorded four additional Covid-19 cases; all are employees of Tan Son Nhat Airport.
Deputy Minister of Health Do Xuan Tuyen, on February 6, had an urgent meeting with the Department of Health of Ho Chi Minh City and Binh Duong Province on matters related to Patient 1,979, a Tan Son Nhat Airport staff member.
The Ho Chi Minh City Center for Disease Control (HCDC), on the morning of February 7, issued an urgent notice to look for people who had been to Military Hospital 175 on February 3 and 5 because it was related to Patient 1,979, an employee of Tan Son Nhat Airport, living in Thuan An City in Binh
The Ho Chi Minh City Center for Disease Control (HCDC), on the morning of February 7, issued an urgent notice to look for people who had been to Military Hospital 175 on February 3 and 5 because it was related to Patient 1,979, an employee of Tan Son Nhat Airport, living in Thuan An City in Binh
Vietnamese rescue ship SAR27-01 arrived at Nha Trang Port in the south central province of Khanh Hoa on February 6 noon, safely bringing ashore a Philippine sailor who had fallen ill aboard a Greece-registered vessel.
Vietnam's tuna exports increased strongly in the first month of this year, especially to the US market with many orders.
Vietnam recorded five new Covid-19 cases from 6am to 6pm on February 6, including four domestically-transmitted and one imported.
Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam hosted a reception in Hanoi on February 5 for Chief Representatives of the UN Development Programme (UNDP), the UN Children Fund (UNICEF), and the World Health Organisation (WHO) in Vietnam.