Vietnam's Covid-19 cases increase to 240

A woman, wearing a facemask as a preventive measure against the spread of the Covid-19 (coronavirus) outbreak, waits for customers at her food stall in Hanoi on Saturday (April 4). - AFP

HANOI: Vietnam's Ministry of Health on Saturday evening (April 4) confirmed a new case of the Covid-19 (coronavirus) infection in the country, bringing the total number of the cases in the country to 240.

The new case is a Vietnamese female who recently returned from Thailand and was reportedly in contact with an earlier confirmed case, Vietnam News Agency reported Saturday.