3 more COVID-19 cases returned from Germany and Japan, Hanoi Medical University held a meeting on human vaccination



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According to the Ministry of Health, 3 new cases, all of which were isolated entries in Ba Ria – Vung Tau (1 person) and Ho Chi Minh City (2 people). As follows:

Case 1495 (BN1495) in Ba Ria – Vung Tau: Male, 26 years old, Vietnamese nationality, domicile in Dien Nguyen Commune, Dien Chau District, Nghe An Province. On December 20, 2020, a patient from Japan entered the Tan Son Airport Nhat on flight VN5031, was immediately quarantined and examined in Ba Ria – Vung Tau province.

In the second test of 3-1, the patient tested positive for SARS-CoV-2. Currently the patient is isolated and treated at the Long Dien District Medical Center, Ba Ria – Vung Tau Province.

Case 1496 (BN1496) in Ho Chi Minh City: female, 40 years old, Vietnamese nationality, domicile in Vi Xuyen neighborhood, Nam Dinh city, Nam Dinh province.

Case 1497 (BN1497) in Ho Chi Minh City: female, 3 years old, Vietnamese nationality, domicile in Vi Xuyen neighborhood, Nam Dinh city, Nam Dinh province.

On December 30, 2020, the two previous patients from Germany entered Tan Son Nhat Airport on flight VN30, immediately quarantined themselves and took samples for testing in Ho Chi Minh City. Positive test result for SARS-CoV-2. Currently, 2 patients are in isolation and treated at the Ho Chi Minh City Children’s Hospital. Previously, on this flight, 5 positive cases for SARS-CoV-2 were recorded, isolated in Binh Duong.

With 3 new cases, the country has registered 1,497 patients since the beginning of the epidemic season. On the same day, the Ministry of Health announced that a 65-year-old patient in Binh Chanh (Ho Chi Minh City) traveling to Sa Pa (Lao Cai province) from December 24 to 27, 2020 was not infected with COVID-19 as suspected. expected before.

According to the plan, today 4-1, Hanoi Medical University will also meet on the trial injection of Covivax vaccine in volunteers, scheduled for January 21-22. Online youth They are following the meeting information.

This is the second COVID-19 vaccine produced in Vietnam and tested in humans.

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