The total COVID-19 cases in Vietnam has now amounted to 134 as the country reported two more cases on March 24 evening.

A worker fumigates Dam Sen Park in Ho Chi Minh City. The city has closed entertainment venues in efforts to curb the spread of COVID-19 - Photo: VNA

The 133^rd patient is a 66-year-old female resident of the northwestern province of Lai Chau. She had a medical treatment at Hanoi’s Bach Mai hospital this month and came back to her home town on March 22. On March 23, her sample tested positive to the SARS-CoV-2 that causes COVID-19, and she is now being quarantined in the province in stable health conditions.

The 134^th is a 10-year-old resident of Hanoi’s outlying district of Thach That. The boy came back from a foreign country to the city’s Noi Bai airport on March 18 on Flight SU290. His sample tested positive to the virus on March 23, and he is now quarantined in the central province of Thanh Hoa in stable health conditions.

Source: VNA