The test results of the F1 man in Thanh Chuong are available.

On the morning of February 2, the Center for Disease Control of Nghe An province announced that the test results of the case were available.F1 in Thanh Ngoc commune,Thanh Chuong district. The first test result showed that this sample was negative for SARS-CoV-2 virus. Currently, this person is still being quarantined at the commune health station and will continue to have samples taken for the second test.

Previously, this man lived and worked in Nam Tu Liem district, Hanoi. During his time in Hanoi, he had close contact with a woman who worked as a hairdresser and was later identified as "patient 1818".

On the evening of January 30, he took a bus back to his hometown in Thanh Chuong district.

Nghe An CDC takes samples for testing of an F1 case. Photo: Tien Hung

After the Ministry of Health announced "case 1818", this person proactively went to the medical station to declare. The authorities also identified the Nhuan Nam passenger bus that transported this F1 back to his hometown and asked the bus company to contact the passengers on the bus to go to the nearest medical station to declare; at the same time, disinfected the bus and related vehicles.

"Patient 1818", female, 40 years old, in Nam Tu Liem district, history of contact with "patient 1723" (a woman in Cau Dien infected by someone who attended a wedding in Hai Duong).