The test results of the whole family in Nghe An who had contact with the Covid-19 patient are available.

On the afternoon of February 14, the Center for Disease Control of Nghe An province announced that it had just received the test results of3 people in Hung Thong commune(Hung Nguyen). All tested negative for nCoV.

These 3 people include a 25-year-old pho restaurant employee and his parents. Mr. Nguyen Dinh Thanh - Director of Hung Nguyen District Medical Center said that although the results were negative, the whole family of 3 people will continue to be quarantined at the medical station. Other F2 cases are still quarantined at home, while F3 cases are being monitored for their health. It is expected that in the coming days, the authorities will continue to take samples for the second test of this F1 case.

Test results showed that the entire F1 family was negative for nCoV. Photo courtesy

According to epidemiological investigations, on January 27, while working at a pho restaurant in Hanoi, this young man had contact with a customer from Cam Giang, Hai Duong. On February 2, this customer was taken to a centralized quarantine because he was in the F1 category of patient 1851. On February 12, he tested positive for Covid-19.

Meanwhile, on February 9 (ie 28th of Lunar New Year), this male employee took a bus to his hometown in Nghe An to celebrate Tet. During his time in his hometown, he came into contact with many people through year-end parties; campfires at the village cultural house....

According to the report of the Steering Committee for Covid-19 Prevention and Control in Nghe An province, on the second day of Tet, the whole province received 201 new cases for quarantine and health monitoring, 2,450 cases completed the quarantine and health monitoring period. The total number of people being quarantined and monitored for health is 23,944 cases, of which 23,682 cases returned from epidemic areas across the country. There are 14 F1 cases currently in quarantine (all negative).