Vietnam confirms first 2 cases of deadly new virus

Vietnam's Health Ministry said on Friday a Chinese far and son have tested positive for a dely new virus, marking first cases in Vietnam.

ministry posted on its website on Thursday that Li Ding, 66, from Wuhan, China, arrived in Hai on January 13 before travelling south to Nha Trang, where he was joined by his 28-year-old son Li Zichao, who works in Vietnam.

two travelled to Ho Chi Minh and Long An province where son lives.

y were taken into Ho Chi Minh's Cho Ray Hospital on Wednesday where y have been treated in quarantine.

new outbreak, which has killed 26 people, has been centred in and around Chinese province of Hubei, where illness has been concentrated around city of Wuhan.