At E Hospital (Photo: VNA) Health Ministry has decided to remove patient No.994 out of the list of
cases after he tested negative to SARS-CoV-2 at the Central Hospital
for Tropical Diseases and the National Institute of
Hygiene and Epidemiology (NIHE), reported acting Health Minister Nguyen
Thanh Long.
At a meeting of the National
Steering Committee on COVID-19 Prevention and Control in Hanoi on August 20, Long
said the patient tested negative twice on August 19 night and twice on August
20 morning at the .
Test result at the NIHE also
showed the same result on August 20 afternoon.
He is now under quarantine at
the second branch of the Central Hospital for Tropical Diseases.
He tested positive for the
virus for the first time by the NIHE on August 19 morning and he was reported
to become the 994th COVID-19 case on August 20 morning.
In the past one month, the
patient did not leave his residence at Khai Xuan commune, Thanh Ba district,
the northern midland province of Phu Tho. His family members also did not
travel to pandemic-hit areas.
On August 11, he had a fever
and bellyache. A day later, he had health check-up at E Hospital in Hanoi and stayed
at his relative’s house in Bac Tu Liem district, Hanoi.
After the patient tested positive for
SARS-CoV-2, the E Hospital
stopped receiving new patients from 8pm on August 19.
On August 19 night, 83
samples from his family members, medical staff and those who had contact with
him at the hospital were also collected and tested. No case has been found
positive to the virus so far.
After the steering committee
decided to remove the patient from the list of COVID-19 cases in the afternoon
of August 20, the Health Ministry has allowed the E Hospital to re-open./.
Source: VietnamPlus
