All Chinese workers and foreign laborers who transit in epidemic-hit places in China will not be allowed to enter Vietnam.

Of the newest infected cases confirmed on March 6 onward, eight are British, one Irish, and one Mexican.

The latest patient met and joined a party with the first case of Hanoi who returned to the country on March 2.

The latest case was infected from two British visitors who took Vietnam Airlines' London-Hanoi flight.

All new cases confirmed on March 11 are related to those who took international flights from or with stopovers in epidemic-hit countries.