Vietnam recorded five new COVID-19 cases over the past 12 hours to 6pm on March 26, including two illegal entrants in southern Binh Duong province and norther port city of Hai Phong and three imported, the Ministry of Health said.
The area around a hotel in Hai Phong city where the patient had stayed at was blockaded. (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam recorded five new COVID-19 casesover the past 12 hours to 6pm on March 26, including two illegal entrants in southernBinh Duong province and norther port city of Hai Phong and three imported, theMinistry of Health said.
One of the two illegal entrants was a 44-year-old Chinese man whoillegally entered Vietnam through the area around the Moc Bai International Gate insouthwestern Tay Ninh province on March 23 and then came to reside in southernBinh Duong province. His sample tested positive to coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 on March 25and he is now being treated at the Binh Duong General Hospital.
The other was a 26-year-old Vietnamese woman returning home illegally on a fishing vessel throughPhu Quoc island in the Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang on March22.
She then flew to Hanoi on Vietjet flightVJ458 before going to Hai Phong city on a private car. She had a test atVinmec Hospital in Hai Phong city on March 24, and was confirmed positive on March26. The patient is being treated at the National Hospital for Tropical Diseasesin Hanoi’s Dong Anh district.
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The area around a hotel in Hai Phong city where the patient had stayed at was blockaded. (Photo: VNA) 
