Test results of 2 male students in Nghe An who had close contact with Covid-19 patient are available

On February 1, Nghe An Province Center for Disease Control announced that the test results of 2 F1 cases of"patient 1815"Both tested negative for SARS-CoV-2. Both male students are currently being quarantined at medical facilities.

Regarding this case, by noon on February 1, the authorities had identified 47 students and 5 lecturers of FPT University who had close contact with the male student infected with Covid-19. Of the 47 students, most were classmates of the male student of the Software Engineering department, "patient 1815". Regarding place of residence, Hanoi had 20 students, Thai Binh 6, Nghe An 5; Ninh Binh, Nam Dinh, Hung Yen each had 2 students, and Hai Phong, Bac Giang, Phu Tho, Tuyen Quang, Bac Ninh, Lang Son, Hai Duong and Quang Ninh each had 1 student. The 5 lecturers were all in Hanoi.

The male student was sampled and quarantined as soon as he arrived in Nghe An. Photo: Contributor

Of the 5 students from Nghe An, 3 were persuaded to stay in quarantine and have their samples taken in Hanoi. The remaining 2 were on their way home for Tet when they were contacted by authorities and taken to a quarantine facility as soon as they arrived in Nghe An.

Currently, Nghe An is quarantining 2,545 cases, of which, on January 31 alone, it received more than 800 people. Of these, 2,208 people are quarantined and self-monitoring their health at home (868 people returning from Quang Ninh, 832 people returning from Hai Duong). In addition, there are 97 cases quarantined at the district level, 11 cases quarantined at the hospital, more than 220 people quarantined at the provincial level...

To date, Nghe An has taken 32,637 samples for Covid-19 testing, of which 32,444 samples were negative, and 193 samples are awaiting results./.