This morning, the HCM City Steering Committee for the Prevention and Control of Covid-19 held a meeting to publish information related to the Covid-19 epidemic in the city.

Mr. Nguyen Tan Binh, Director of the Department of Health, said that there was a case of Covid-19 infection - a man from Nam Sach district, Hai Duong province, a current hotspot of the pandemic. 

After arriving in HCM City on a flight on January 28, the 28-year-old man stayed at a local hotel until he got the news on his cousin being infected with the virus later the same day. He met his cousin at a wedding in Hai Duong previously.

Director of HCM City Health Department Nguyen Tan Binh

The man promptly reported his case to the local health agency and was put under quarantine at the District 11 hospital.

On January 29, he received a positive COVID-19 test result and was moved to the Cu Chi treatment hospital while developing symptoms of coughing and headache.

Vietnam reported 34 new COVID-19 community cases over the past 12 hours to 6 am on January 30, according to the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control. The committee said 32 of the cases are linked to the hotspot in Hai Duong’s Chi Linh city.

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