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Vietnam confirms 18th novel coronavirus case

| @indiablooms | Mar 07, 2020, at 05:08 pm

Hanoi/Xinhua/UNI: Vietnam's Ministry of Health on Saturday confirmed another new case of novel coronavirus infection, bringing the total confirmed cases in the country to 18, Vietnam News Agency reported.

The new case is a 27-year-old patient who has been to Daegu, South Korea, and returned to Vietnam from South Korea on Wednesday, the news agency reported.

Vietnam's health ministry on Friday night confirmed the 17th case of infection in the country, a 26-year-old female who has traveled to Europe, also the first such case reported in the capital city of Hanoi.

The 16 previously confirmed cases in Vietnam have all been discharged from hospital, and the country so far has 101 suspected cases, according to the health ministry.  

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