US citizen infected with COVID-19 in Da Nang, becomes 68th patient
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The patient, 41 and married to a Vietnamese woman, lives in Da Nang city. He was said to have travelled to a number of countries, including India, Spain, Morocco, Switzerland, Germany, Hungary, and the Netherlands before transitting through Singapore to Da Nang on March 14.
Upon his arrival at Da Nang International Airport, the US citizen was required to fill out a health declaration form and was transfered to an isolation zone of the airport where he underwent compulsory medical check-ups.
The man was then transported to a police hospital in Da Nang and later sample tests by the Nha Trang Pasteurs Institute proved he had contracted the novel coronavirus.
At present Da Nang has four COVID-19 patients, including two travellers from the UK and a Vietnamese getting infection from the two travellers.
Vietnam has so far recorded 68 cases of COVID-19 infection, of which 16 cases have fully recovered and been discharged from hospital. Most of the cases have come from Europe and the US.
The patients, but two, are in stable health condition, according to health authorities.
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