Illustrative photo (Source: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) – Competent agencies in Hanoi are working urgently and drastically to screen of a -infected Japanese man who
was found dead from unknown causes at a local hotel on February 13.
Following the death, 139 guests and staff at Someset
Westpoint Hotel in Tay Ho district, where the Japanese stayed, were promptly
put under quarantine.
The municipal Health Department on February 14 issued an urgent notice
looking for people linked to the patient, with a large-scale
sample collection beginning in the districts of Tay Ho, Hoan Kiem, and Ba Dinh
on the same day.
Khong Minh Tuan, deputy director of the capital’s centre for
disease control, predicted the counting of the number of related people will be done on February 15.
The 54-year-old , an expert of Mitsui
Vietnam Co., Ltd, entered Vietnam on January 17 via the Tan Son Nhat
International Airport in Ho Chi Minh City. Right upon arrival, he was
quarantined in Ward 2, Tan Binh district, HCM City from January 17 to 31. After
two tests which showed negative results, on February 1, he flew to Hanoi and
stayed at Someset Westpoint Hotel.
From February 1-13, the patient traveled between the hotel
and the company. Around 7pm on February 13, he was found dead in his hotel
room. His sample tested positive for the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 on
February 14. The cause of his death is under investigation./.
Source: VietnamPlus
