Coronavirus: Eighth infected case confirmed in Vietnam

The 29-year-old female patient, who returned from Wuhan city, China together with other seven people, has been confirmed as the eighth coronavirus infected person in Vietnam. Three of the group had also been reported to contract the virus earlier.

The patients were hospitalized at the National Hospital of Tropical Diseases in Hanoi and the Thanh Hoa General Hospital.

There have been 8 people identified with new coronavirus in Vietnam, including one Chinese national who recovered and another Chinese national tested with negative result.

Vietnam confirmed the seventh infected case on Sunday. A 73-year-old Vietnamese American visitor transiting in Wuhan for Ho Chi Minh City. 

The death toll from the epidemic had reached 362. Of them, 361 people were in China and one in the Philippines. More than 17,373 have been infected the virus worldwide, with 17,190 infected cases in Mainland China as of Monday morning.

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