COVID-19: Two Vietnamese test positive upon arrival in Australia
VOV.VN - Two Vietnamese nationals living in Hai Phong City have tested positive for the SARS-CoV-2 virus after entering Australia, according to the Hai Phong authorities on March 10.
The 42-year-old woman and her daughter, 18, boarded a plane from Hanoi to Australia transiting through Singapore on March 1.
The daughter was diagnosed for the SARS-CoV-2 virus on March 3 and her mother tested positive three days later, said local authorities.
Hearing the news, trhe Hai Phong Municipal Department of Health immediately conducted field investigations and tracked down those coming into close contact with the two cases.
Both citizens had tested negative before they departed for Australia, said local authorities.
Hai Phong is one of the 13 localities in Vietnam which has been hit by the fresh coronavirus outbreak. Like many other localities, the northern port city has recorded no new cases during the past days.