MoH traces people in contact with 243rd COVID-19 patient

The 243rd COVID-19 patient’s travel history from March 8 to April 4. (Photo: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) – The
Ministry of Health (MoH) has issued an urgent notice to trace all people who
had close contact with the 243rd COVID-19 patient, a 47-year-old man, from Hanoi’s
.

The man went to Quang Ba flower
market in Hanoi on many mornings, including 3.55-6.30am on March 8, 2.30-5am
from March 14, 1-5am on March 22 and 23, 3-6am on March 25, 2-6am on March 26
and 2.30-6am on March 27.

He visited the Department of
Allergology and Clinical Immunology of Bach Mai Hospital from 8.30-10.30am and
11-12pm on March 12.

He had lunch at a restaurant at
number 31 on Lane 75, Giai Phong street, opposite Bach Mai Hospital, from
10.30-11am on March 12.

He went to Me Linh flower market
on National Highway 23 in Hanoi from 3-5.41pm on March 12, 11am on March
15, 2.30-3pm on March 18, 10-10.30am and 3-4pm on March 22, 5-6pm on March 26,
11pm on March 27 and 11-12pm on March 30.

He visited Phuc Yen Obstetrics
Hospital in Vinh Phuc province’s Phuc Yen district at 8am on April 4.

The man visited Hanoi
Obstetrics and Gynaecology Hospital at 929 La Thanh street in Ba Dinh district
at 11am on April 4.

The
requested all people who were at these areas during the mentioned time frames
immediately contact local centres for disease control and prevention for
guidance on health monitoring.

The patient was confirmed to be
infected with on April 6 and the source of his infection is still
unclear.

He took his wife to the Bach
Mai Hospital for a health examination on March 12 and returned home the same
day. The couple had lunch at a restaurant opposite the hospital and did not
return to the hospital.

On April 4, he took his wife to
the Hanoi Obstetrics and Gynaecology Hospital in Hanoi for examination without
declaring that he and his wife had visited the Bach Mai Hospital on March 12 as
per the requirements of the Ministry of Health.

This failure to declare
resulted in 63 doctors and nurses from the Hanoi Obstetrics and
Gynaecology Hospital being put in quarantine at the hospital on April
6.

On April 7 morning,
a neighbour of the 243rd patient in Ha Loi village was confirmed as
the 250th patient after having tested positive for the disease.

The village was subsequently quarantined./.