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On March 6th, Vietnam reported the 17th confirmed case of neo-pneumocoronary pneumonia. This is the 16th case in Vietnam after February 25th–and also the last case before the last case was cured and discharged from hospital. “Zero case” status. March 6 is Friday. Vietnam’s stock market resumed trading on (March 9) on Monday, with intraday losses more than 6%.

Mr. Liu, a resident of Vietnam, told the interface news that on the second day after the 17th case was reported, there were snap-ups in all supermarkets. The food he ordered online was not shipped. “Only one stock was received. Insufficient apology letter. ”

Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Than said that the emergence of the 17th case means that Vietnam has entered the second stage of the epidemic prevention and control. As the epidemic has spread to more than 100 countries around the world, this stage will be more difficult than before.

The 17th case is a 26-year-old female Vietnamese tourist returning from the United Kingdom. She arrived at Hanoi Noi Pai Airport on March 2 in the business class of Vietnam Airlines Flight VN0054, and then returned to her home in Hanoi. On March 5, she went to the hospital for high fever, cough, and fatigue, and was subsequently diagnosed with new coronary pneumonia.

The patient flew from Hanoi to London on February 15, and traveled to Milan, Italy, and Paris, France, on February 18 and 25, and began to have cough and fatigue symptoms on 29, Not thenfever. The patient boarded a passenger plane returning to Vietnam without seeking medical treatment, and concealed his illness when he entered the country. She has been transferred to the negative pressure isolation ward of the Dongying County Branch of the Central Tropical Diseases Hospital for treatment.

In the next two days, 13 more people were newly diagnosed with new crown virus in Vietnam. Of these, 10 were passengers on Flight VN0054, aged between 58 and 74, 9 were in business class and 1 was in economy class; another Two Vietnamese were close contacts in the 17th case.

According to Vietnam Express, there were 217 passengers on Flight VN0054, including 21 business class passengers and 180 economy class passengers, and 16 crew members. Vietnam ’s Minister of Planning and Investment, Ruan Zhiyong, was also on the same flight, but his test results for both new crown viruses were negative.

As of 11:30 am on March 9, the cumulative number of confirmed cases in Vietnam has surged to 30 cases, distributed in 10 provinces and cities nationwide, and there are 100 suspected cases. The newly confirmed cases are in stable condition. In terms of nationality, the recent additions include 7 Britons, 5 Vietnamese, 1 Irish and 1 Mexican.

Picture Source: Ministry of Health of Vietnam

According to the trajectory of four foreign imported cases in Vietnam announced by Quang Ninh Province, Vietnam, the confirmed patients had taken trains, buses, airplanes and other transportation to tourist areas such as Halong Bay after arriving in Vietnam. The province has blocked two hotels where the confirmed patients used to live, and 127 close contacts have been isolated. In the 17th case, 18 cruise ships, the villages where the close contacts were located, and the areas where they stayed were also temporarily blocked.

After the 17th case was confirmed, the Hanoi government also quickly adopted preventive measures. From the evening of the 6th, a 500-meter-long street where the cases were located was blocked. Among them, about 176 people in 22 households were required to be isolated. Days, some people living next to confirmed patients were sent to the Central Tropical Diseases Hospital DongyingThe county branch is centralized and isolated. Lao Cai Province, where two confirmed patients visited before, also isolated 180 close contacts.

At present, the Vietnamese government has contacted 176 passengers on flight VN0054. Only 60 are in Hanoi, and the others are scattered around. Vietnam is also actively searching for other passengers and people who have close contact with confirmed patients.

Apart from the 17th patient who broke the “zero case”, the 18th case that followed was a Vietnamese who had lived in South Korea for a long time. He returned from Daegu, Korea on the 4th and was quarantined immediately after entering the country. French radio station (RFI) pointed out that the outbreak in South Korea is also a potential threat to Vietnam. The trade between the two countries is frequent, with nearly 48,000 Vietnamese working in South Korea, of which 4,000 are in Daegu City and Gyeongbuk area of ​​the Korea Epidemic Center.

Wu Dejan pointed out that in fact, the new crown pneumonia epidemic has been “hidden” in Vietnam. If it cannot be effectively controlled, internal and external problems will occur. He said that Vietnam has formulated plans to deal with various situations, including the case of thousands of confirmed patients in the country, and there may be dozens or even hundreds of new cases in the next few days.