The first case is a 68 year-old man who is an inpatient patient at the Department of Urology Surgery, K Hospital’s Tan Trieu facility, while the second one is a family member of a patient who is being treated at the Department of Liver - Bile - Pancreatic Surgery of Hospital K’s Tan Trieu facility.
The municipal health sector is encouraging people not to leave their homes if unnecessary and strictly comply with regulations on health declaration, mandatory mask wearing when going out, no gathering in public places and keeping a minimum distance of 1 m when making contact.
The same day, the northern province of Hai Duong is urgently tracing cases having close contact with two patients who were diagnosed with the coronavirus.
According to Deputy Health Minister Do Xuan Tuyen, Vietnam is basically containing the pandemic, with all cases having been identified with sources of transmission.
The Prime Minister has suggested the Ministry of Health urgently outline criteria for determining disease risk levels and devise suitable solutions for the enforcement of anti-pandemic measures in each locality.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs need to stay active in seeking more vaccine supplies as a means of combating the pandemic in a more effective manner, he said.
Since the recurrence of the virus on April 27, Vietnam has so far recorded 488 community transmissions in 26 cities and provinces, with Hanoi topping the list with 146 cases, followed by Bac Ninh with 98 and Vinh Phuc with 60.