COVID-19: A foreigner tests positive after leaving HCM City
VOV.VN - A Sri Lankan citizen was diagnosed with the SARS-CoV-2 virus after leaving Ho Chi Minh City for his hometown, according to HCM City authorities.
The Sri Lankan citizen left Vietnam on September 12 and the patient had tested negative before departure, Bui Thi Ngoc Hieu, vice chairwoman of HCM City’s District administration.
However, the HCM City Centre for Disease Prevention and Control was notified on September 18 that the Sri Lankan citizen contracted the virus upon returning to the hometown.
The District 7 administration scrambled to cordon off the hotel where the Sri Lankan citizen had stayed before departure.
A total of 15 hotel staff and managers were said to have come into direct and indirect contact with the foreigner. One of them was transferred to a concentrated quarantine facility, and the other 14 were quarantined for medical observation at home.
Epidemiologists said they had disinfected the hotel and nearby houses.
The same day, HCM City authorities also reported a relapse case in the locality. The 27-year-old Chinese citizen illegally entered Vietnam and tested positive in a concentrated quarantine facility.
The Chinese man had been discharged from hospital recently after making a full recovery from the disease. However, he was confirmed to have contracted the virus again during his stay under medical surveillance.
HCM City has recorded no new locally transmitted coronavirus cases for the past 54 consecutive days. The city has been isolating nearly 1,000 people for medical observation, including 452 foreign experts and workers.