Myanmar sailor tests positive for COVID-19 in Vietnam

20 July 2020
Myanmar sailor tests positive for COVID-19 in Vietnam
A woman rides motorbike past a billboard about the Covid-19 coronavirus in Hanoi, Vietnam. Photo: EPA

A Myanmar sailor has raised Vietnam's Covid-19 tally to 384 and active cases to 26, the Health Ministry confirmed Sunday afternoon.

The sailor, 40, works for the IPANEMA, a container ship registered in Liberia. The ship left Japan on June 6 and arrived at the Hon Gai Port in Ha Long Town, Quang Ninh Province on June 23.

The man was quarantined on the vessel upon arrival. On July 7, he disembarked and was sent to quarantine.