Vietnam confirms 45th Covid-19 case
(VOVWORLD) - The Ministry of Health on Friday confirmed the 45th Covid-19 case, who had close contact with the 34th patient in Binh Thuan. The man who lives in ward 7, Tan Binh district, Ho Chi Minh City, tested positive to SARS-CoV-2 virus, the Ministry quoted the City’s Pasteur Institute as saying.
After having had diner and worked with the 34th patient on March 3, he got a stuffy nose and sore throat 9 days later.
The Ho Chi Minh City Hospital of Tropical Diseases unveiled the positive test result for the first time on March 12, with the patient’s sample being transferred to the Pasteur Institute on March 13 to be tested for the second time before the confirmation of the positive Covid-19 case.
The patient is now in stable health condition and under quarantine in a hospital on the outskirts of Ho Chi Minh City.