One more Covid-19 case related to patient 257, Vietnam has 258 cases

1. Total number of cases: 258 cases, including:

- 159 people from abroad account for 61.6%;

- 99 people with secondary infections.

2. Number of new cases as of 6:00 p.m. on April 11: 01 case (258)

-CASE 258 (BN258):The patient is a 47-year-old female Vietnamese national residing in Hoi Hamlet, Ha Loi, Me Linh, Hanoi. She is the mother of Patient 257 and is being quarantined at the National Hospital for Tropical Diseases, branch 2.

The patient was tested and found positive for SARS-CoV-2 virus on April 11.

3. Number of people in quarantine:

Total number of people in close contact and entering from epidemic areas being monitored for health (quarantined): 72,508, of which:

- Concentrated quarantine at hospitals: 1,198;

- Centralized quarantine at other facilities: 17,519;

- Quarantine at home or place of residence: 53,791.

4. Treatment situation:

According to the report of the Treatment Subcommittee of the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control.

- Number of cases with negative SARS-CoV-2 test results once: 13 cases.

- Number of cases with two negative SARS-CoV-2 test results: 12 cases.

Steering Committee Information: At 0:00 on April 12, Bach Mai Hospital will be removed from lockdown.
On the afternoon of April 11, Chairman of Dong Da District People's Committee Vo Nguyen Phong signed Decision No. 1052/QD-UBND on ending the medical quarantine area for Bach Mai Hospital (Phuong Mai Ward, Dong Da District). The end of this quarantine will take effect from 0:00 on April 12.
According to the above decision, Bach Mai Hospital has been quarantined for 14 days, meeting all requirements as prescribed by the Ministry of Health. At the same time, based on the actual situation, Dong Da district decided to end the quarantine of Bach Mai Hospital so that the hospital can continue to perform normal medical examination and treatment.
Bach Mai Hospital is responsible for continuing to implement measures to monitor and prevent the COVID-19 epidemic in accordance with the temporary guidance of the Ministry of Health in Decision No. 963/QD-BYT dated March 18, 2020 and Directive No. 06/CT-BYT dated March 28, 2020, on strengthening measures to prevent and control the COVID-19 epidemic in medical facilities.