The 9th patient is a 30-year-old man living in Tam Dao, Vinh Phuc and a worker from the 8-member group who went to train in Wuhan to return home on January 17. This is the 5th person in this group infected with corona virus causing Wuhan pneumonia.
According to Tuoi Tre, a local newspaper, the patient is T.C.P, an 8-person member of a group who returned to Wuhan on the flight No. CZ8315 on January 17 of Southern China Airlines. Upon arrival at Noi Bai airport, the patient was picked up by the agency car, joined the group meeting, and then went home.
On January 30, when 3 workers in the group were positive for corona virus, the Ministry of Health sent a delegation to investigate epidemiology. At that time, two more people in the group showed fever, these two had was placed in isolation at the National Hospital of Tropical Diseases and the test results show that this is the 8th and 9th patient with a disease in Vietnam.
9 patients infected with Wuhan coronavirus so far in Vietnam: 1 in Ho Chi Minh City, 4 in Vinh Phuc, 1 in Khanh Hoa, 2 Chinese father and son are treated at Cho Ray Hospital, 1 in Thanh Hoa.
Around the world, on the morning of February 4, 19,843 patients died, 426, of which 425 died in mainland China, one died in the Philippines, 26 countries and territories recorded the disease, including Vietnam.