Specifically, the new patients of March 20 are as follows:

Patient 88 is female, 25 years old, living in Van Quan, Phuc La, Ha Dong, Hanoi. The patient is an international student in England, entering Noi Bai on March 12.

From March 12 to 16, the patient isolated himself at home. On March 16, the patient found it difficult to breathe chest tightness and informed the Hanoi Disease Control Center.

The Center took samples to test and quarantined patients at the medical facility, then tested positive for SARS-CoV-2.

The patient and his close contacts were taken to the Dong Anh Center for Tropical Diseases and the specimen was sent to the Central Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology for the positive confirmation result of SARS-CoV-2. Currently, the patient is in quarantine at the Dong Anh Center for Tropical Diseases in a stable condition.

Patient 89 is also female, Vietnamese nationality, 22 years old, address District 7, Ho Chi Minh City. Patients from the US fly to Japan and from Japan board AirJapan (ANA) flights of NH 831, number of seats 28C and arrive at Tan Son Nhat airport at night 17-3.

On entry, the patient did not have symptoms and was sampled at dawn 18-3. The sample was confirmed positive for SARS-CoV-2 by the Pasteur Institute of Ho Chi Minh City. Currently, the patient is transferred to isolation at Cu Chi Field Hospital.

Patient 90 is also female, Vietnamese nationality, 21 years old, address Binh Thanh District, Ho Chi Minh City. In the past month, the patient came to Barcelona (Spain) for an internship in the hospitality industry. On March 15, the patient from Barcelona transited in Dubai on Emirates flight EK188, seat number 30C and arrived at Tan Son Nhat airport on March 16 on Emirates flight. brand EK392, seat number 36A.

Upon entry, the patient has low-grade fever, cough, transferred to the isolator of Ho Chi Minh City and took samples. The sample was confirmed positive for SARS-CoV-2 by the Pasteur Institute of Ho Chi Minh City.

Patient 91 is male, British national, 43 years old, residing in District 2, Ho Chi Minh City. Career is a pilot of Vietnam Airlines. On March 8, the patient was a passenger from London (UK) to Vietnam on Vietnam Airlines flight number VN10, seat number 5K. After that, the patient did not remember clearly the travel schedule and international and domestic flights.

On March 16, the patient was a pilot on flight VN272 from Ho Chi Minh City to Hanoi and VN607 in the afternoon from Hanoi to Ho Chi Minh City on the same day.

From March 13 to 18, patients stayed in Ho Chi Minh City and went to some places to eat and play. On March 17, the patient had a fever, cough and on the afternoon of March 18, he went to the Hospital for Tropical Diseases of Ho Chi Minh City to examine and hospital with X-ray status with damage to the right lung parenchyma.

Hospital for Tropical Diseases HCMC tested positive late at night on March 18. The sample at Pasteur Institute HCMC was positive for SARS-CoV-2 virus on March 20. Currently, the patient continues to be treated in isolation at the hospital.