More than 50 people related to suspected Covid-19 case quarantined
The Da Nang City Department of Health has quarantined more than 50 close contacts after discovering a man who first tested positive for nCoV.
Dr. Nguyen Tien Hong, Deputy Director of the Da Nang Department of Health, said that on July 22, the male patient went to Da Nang Hospital C for examination due to cough and fatigue. After diagnosing pneumonia, the doctor took a sample to test for nCoV, the initial result was positive.
The Da Nang health sector has sent samples to the Pasteur Institute in Nha Trang for confirmation testing and has not yet announced the results. On the night of July 23, the city's Center for Disease Control took more than 100 samples from people in contact with suspected cases for testing, the results were negative for nCoV.
"We have narrowly isolated Hospital C and quarantined more than 50 close contacts," said Dr. Hong. The Department of Health is currently focusing on investigating relatives to determine the source of infection and people in contact with the suspected case. If the Nha Trang Pasteur Institute continues to test positive, the isolation and quarantine will be expanded.
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| Da Nang C Hospital, where the patient visited and was first found positive for nCoV. Photo: Nguyen Dong |
Hospital C is located next to Da Nang Hospital. In the past two days, hospitals in Da Nang have raised their alert level, requiring doctors, medical staff and patients to wear masks and disinfect their hands...
Da Nang recorded its first Covid-19 cases on March 8, involving two British tourists. A day later, an electronics store employee who sold the two tourists was confirmed to be infected with nCoV. The remaining three patients all returned from abroad and were quarantined upon arrival at the airport.
Since April 10, Da Nang city has not recorded any cases of nCoV infection and is currently an attractive destination for domestic tourists.
