HANOI (Vietnam News/ANN): A special task force and two working teams are in the northern province of Vĩnh Phúc from Thursday (Feb 13) to help with the fight against the acute respiratory disease caused by the new coronavirus (Covid-19), the Ministry of Health has said.
Deputy Minister Đỗ Xuân Tuyên said the national steering committee for prevention and control of acute pneumonia caused by Covid-19 has set up a special task force to work on the prevention and control of the epidemic in Vĩnh Phúc Province.
Vĩnh Phúc is one of the first localities in the country to confirm cases of the virus. By Thursday, 11 cases of Covid-19 infection have been confirmed, including nine in Bình Xuyên District, one in Tam Đảo District and one in Tam Dương District. The patient, as well as other family members, had been quarantined. During the quarantine period, the patient showed no symptoms of fever, coughing or breathing difficulty.
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