Passengers make health declarations before entering Vietnam at Noi Bai International Airport (Source: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – The Ministryof Foreign Affairs has informed the Embassies of France, Italy and the UK inHanoi and asked the Vietnamese Embassies in Paris, Rome and London to sharewith relevant agencies of the host countries about movement history andtemporary residence address in the UK of a Vietnamese woman who was testedpositive for the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 after travelling to severalEuropean nations.
Spokeswoman of the Ministry ofForeign Affairs Le Thi Thu Hang revealed this information on March 7, addingthat the ministry also informed the nations which had citizens on the sameflight with the confirmed patient so that they could deploy proper measures inorder to prevent the spread of the virus in the community.
“Vietnam will continue andregularly share information and coordinate with other countries andinternational organizations and relevant partners in the fight against theacute respiratory disease caused by the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2,” she added.
The 26-year-old patient earlier visited her sister in theUK, then travelled to Milan(Italy) and Paris (France) and returned to Hanoi on March 1 onflight VN0054 of VietnamAirlines.
After comingback to Vietnam, she showed symptoms of fever, cough and tiredness. The patientthen came to Hong Ngoc hospital in Hanoi’s Ba Dinh district for medical check-up and was diagnosedto suffer pneumonia.
As she had gone throughCOVID-19-hit countries, the patient was brought to the National Hospital ofTropical Diseases for treatment and supervision. Her sample then was testedpositive for the virus.
Vietnam has to date confirmed 20COVID-19 infection cases. Of them, 16 patients have been cured and dischargedfrom hospitals./.
Spokeswoman of the Ministry ofForeign Affairs Le Thi Thu Hang revealed this information on March 7, addingthat the ministry also informed the nations which had citizens on the sameflight with the confirmed patient so that they could deploy proper measures inorder to prevent the spread of the virus in the community.
“Vietnam will continue andregularly share information and coordinate with other countries andinternational organizations and relevant partners in the fight against theacute respiratory disease caused by the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2,” she added.
The 26-year-old patient earlier visited her sister in theUK, then travelled to Milan(Italy) and Paris (France) and returned to Hanoi on March 1 onflight VN0054 of VietnamAirlines.
After comingback to Vietnam, she showed symptoms of fever, cough and tiredness. The patientthen came to Hong Ngoc hospital in Hanoi’s Ba Dinh district for medical check-up and was diagnosedto suffer pneumonia.
As she had gone throughCOVID-19-hit countries, the patient was brought to the National Hospital ofTropical Diseases for treatment and supervision. Her sample then was testedpositive for the virus.
Vietnam has to date confirmed 20COVID-19 infection cases. Of them, 16 patients have been cured and dischargedfrom hospitals./.
VNA
