Vietnam confirms 48th Covid-19 case


A police officer wearing a protective mask as he guards near the house of a coronavirus-infected patient at a quarantined area in Hanoi, Vietnam. The govt confirmed a new Covid-19 infection in its southern Ho Chi Minh City on Saturday (March 14), bringing the total number in the country to 48. - Reuters

HANOI: Vietnam confirmed a new Covid-19 infection in its southern Ho Chi Minh City on Saturday (March 14), bringing the total number in the country to 48, its Ministry of Health announced.

The latest case is a 31-year-old man from Ho Chi Minh City who was in contact with Vietnam's 34th confirmed case, a 51-year-old Vietnamese female who has travelled to the United States and transferred in South Korea and Qatar before returning home on March 2, in central Binh Thuan province.

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