Vietnam's confirmed Covid-19 cases rise to 123

Health officers wearing protective clothing amid concerns of the coronavirus outbreak checking temperatures of visitors at the entrance of Bach Mai hospital in Hanoi on Tuesday (March 24). Vietnam's Ministry of Health announced that two more people have tested positive the virus. - AFP

HANOI: Vietnam's Ministry of Health on Tuesday (March 24) announced that two more people have tested positive for the Covid-19 (coronavirus) symptoms, bringing the total confirmed cases in the country to 123.

The two new cases are both Vietnamese. One is a 17-year-old girl from southern Ben Tre province who lived in Malaysia for a few months and returned home on a flight from Brunei last Tuesday.