Tuesday, 14/04/2020 11:30 (GMT+7)
A Vietnamese German has died of COVID-19 in München state, Germany.
Non-stop COVID-19 test in Germany (Photo: Reuters)
The information was recently reported by the Vietnam News Agency correspondent in Berlin.
This may be the first case of a Vietnamese German person in Germany dying of infection with the new strain of coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2).
The Vietnamese Embassy in Germany, as well as the Vietnamese Consulate General in Frankfurt/Main, have confirmed the above information, and have sent representatives to visit the patient’s family as well as discuss next steps.
Mr. Pham Truong Giang, Consul General of Vietnam in Frankfurt/Main, said that the death was Mr. Nguyen Duc Son, born in 1962, from Luong Phu commune, Giong Trom district, Ben Tre province.
Earlier, Mr. Son had contracted COVID-19 from his wife./.
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