Can Tho confirms first locally-transmitted case of COVID-19
VOV.VN - A 20-year-old student has tested positive for the SARS-CoV-2 virus in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho, the first of its kind in the centrally-run city.
The Can Tho Center for Disease Control (CDC) confirmed the case on June 21, adding the patient Duc Hoa district of Long An province is currently studyding at the Industrial University in Ho Chi Minh City.
The man had initially returned to his hometown in Long An from HCM City on May 30. The following day, he and his girlfriend both went to O Mon district in Can Tho by motorbike before going to a medical station in order to declare his health status and undergo a quarantine period.
He subsequently tested negative for COVID-19 twice. However, on June 20 his result came back positive for the virus after his third test.
At present he is receiving treatment at Can Tho City's Tuberculosis and Lung Disease Hospital.
Local authorities have also started tracing all F1 and F2 cases who had come into direct and indirect contact with the patient.
Can Tho is the latest locality that has recorded virus infection, raising the total number of COVID-19 hit localities in Vietnam to 42.
More than 10,000 people have been infected with the virus since its resurgence in late April.
