Covid-19 case number 123 in Vietnam is currently quarantined at the District Medical Center of Ben Tre.

Suckhoedoisong.vn• March 24, 2020 06:29

At 9:00 p.m. on March 23, the Ministry of Health announced the 123rd case of Covid-19 in Vietnam. This patient is currently being quarantined at the Binh Dai District Medical Center, Ben Tre Province.

CASE 123 (BN123):Female patient, 17 years old, Vietnamese nationality, residing in Binh Dai district, Ben Tre province.

The patient has been living in Sarawar - Malaysia for 3-4 months now. On March 17, 2020, the patient traveled from Malaysia to Bandar Seri Begawa - Brunei, boarded Royal Brunei Airline flight BI381, seat number 27K, and arrived at Tan Son Nhat airport at noon the same day.

The patient returned to Ben Tre on the 3:30 p.m. bus on March 17, 2020 of Cong Tao bus company and was picked up by a friend to go home and self-isolate at home.

Hiện BN123 đang được chuyển cách ly y tế tại Trung tâm y tế huyện Bình Đại, tỉnh Bến Tre Ảnh minh họa

Currently, patient 123 is being transferred to medical quarantine at Binh Dai District Medical Center, Ben Tre province. Illustrative photo

On March 21, 2020, the patient was sampled for surveillance of people returning from Malaysia and had not yet recorded symptoms of the disease.

The number of people in contact during home quarantine is 2 and currently there are no signs of illness. The Pasteur Institute of Ho Chi Minh City concluded that the sample was positive for SARS-CoV-2 virus on March 22, 2020.

The patient is currently being quarantined at Binh Dai District Medical Center, Ben Tre Province.