Final test results of Minister of Planning and Investment Nguyen Chi Dung
Minister of Planning and Investment Nguyen Chi Dung tested negative for the Corona virus three times.
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| Minister Nguyen Chi Dung and members of the Ministry of Planning and Investment delegation visited the economic model in Nam Dan district on March 6, 2020. Photo: Quoc Son |
The Hanoi Center for Disease Control has received Covid-19 test results from people in close contact with patient number 50 and Minister of Planning and Investment Nguyen Chi Dung.
The Minister of Planning and Investment has tested negative for the third time.
The previous two times, Minister Nguyen Chi Dung had his samples taken at two laboratories that met national standards and World Health Organization (WHO) standards. The results showed that he and all members of the working group of the Ministry of Planning and Investment were negative.
These people are healthy, without any signs of Covid-19.
Minister Nguyen Chi Dung affirmed: “I am completely healthy and fine. After the quarantine period ends, next Monday I will come to the Ministry to work as usual.”
Minister Nguyen Chi Dung and the working delegation of the Ministry of Planning and Investment sat in the same business class cabin on the flight from London (UK) to Hanoi with female patient NHN (patient number 17 infected with Covid-19). Mr. Dung sat in seat 1A, while patient NHN sat in seat 5K.
87 people had close contact with patient number 50. Many of these people had contact with patient number 50 at the Vietnam Airlines meeting. All close contacts and contacts of this patient initially tested negative.
Patient number 50 is a 50-year-old male residing on Nui Truc Street, Ba Dinh District. The patient was on a business trip to Paris (France) and returned to Vietnam on the morning of March 10 on flight VN18.
On the afternoon of March 10 and 11, the patient went to work in Long Bien district and had contact with many people at the work place.
On March 12, the patient stayed at home, feeling tired and having a headache. At noon on March 13, the patient went to the National Hospital for Tropical Diseases, Dong Anh branch, by taxi. Here, the patient was tested and diagnosed positive for Covid-19.
