Three relapse COVID-19 cases reported in HCM City

Workers at Pasteur Institute in HCM City are conducting  SARS-CoV-2 testing. (Photo: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) – Three COVID-19 patients in Ho Chi
Minh City who previously were given the all-clear have tested positive again for
SARS-CoV-2 that causes the , raising the total relapse
cases in the locality to nine.

The three are Patients No. 65, 157 and 206 who were
deemed to have recovered on April 1, 10 and 23, respectively, Director of the
municipal Department of Health Nguyen Tan Binh said on May 4.

Twenty cases in the city have tested negative for the
virus 15 days after being discharged from hospitals, he added.

As of May 4, the had reported 55
COVID-19 cases, of whom 11, including the nine relapse cases, are being treated
at the Hospital for Tropical Diseases and the Cu Chi hospital.

Given the rise in relapse cases, Vice Chairman of the
municipal People’s Committee Le Thanh Liem urged the local health sector to
continue medical monitoring for patients who have been discharged through daily
testing within 30 days.

By May 4 afternoon, Vietnam had recorded no new COVID-19 infections within
the community for 18 straight days, with the national count now standing at
271.

Two at medical facilities in the
northern province of Ninh Binh were given the all-clear on May 4, bringing the
number of such cases to 221 or 81 percent, according to the National Steering
Committee for Prevention and Control.

Some 27,410 people are now under health monitoring or
quarantine, of whom 238 are in concentrated quarantine facilities in hospitals,
5,871 at other concentrated facilities, and 21,300 at home or in
accommodation./.