US woman attacks health staff, trying to flee from quarantine
An American woman attacked health staff and tried to flee from the Ministry of Public Security’s Hospital 199 in central Da Nang city when she was brought to the hospital for quarantine on March 30 morning.
A worker sprays chemicals at an isolation site in Da Nang (Photo: VNA)
Da Nang (VNA) - An American woman attackedhealth staff and tried to flee from the Ministry of Public Security’s Hospital199 in central Da Nang city when she was brought to the hospital for quarantineon March 30 morning.
However, local police and the medical response teamfound her one hour later in Phuoc My ward in Son Tra district, said doctorTruong Xuan Hung of the hospital.
The woman, named D.R., 30, entered Vietnam onFebruary 13, after travelling to China and Taiwan (China).
Director of Son Tra district’s medical centre PhamHong Nam said the woman came in for a health check at the centre on the morningof March 30 as she was suffering from a cough and fever, typicalsymptoms of COVID-19.
Having checked her travel itinerary, doctors decidedto send her to the Hospital 199 for quarantine as regulated by theMinistry of Health for suspected COVID-19 cases.
But she suddenly attacked health staff and managedto flee from the hospital during the process of making procedures./.
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A worker sprays chemicals at an isolation site in Da Nang (Photo: VNA) 
