Hanoi detects suspected community case of COVID-19
VOV.VN - The Department of Health for Hanoi has reported the latest detection of a suspected case of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, with F1 and F2 cases now being swiftly detected and isolated.
This comes after a 78-year-old female residing in Kim Thu commune of Thanh Oai district was recorded suffering from heart failure and high blood pressure.
As a result she was examined at Thanh Oai Hospital on March 18 while suffering from symptoms such as a cough, fever, and chest pains.
She was subsequently brought to Ha Dong General Hospital on March 24 where she was tested once again for novel coronavirus (COVID-19).
The old woman is currently receiving treatment at the National Hospital of Tropical Diseases in Hanoi.
A total of six F1 cases have now been identified, including her son, 47, her daughter-in-law, 41, her two grandchildren, 19 and 13, along with her two neighbours.
However, the case was later confirmed to have tested negative for the SARS-CoV-2 virus on the afternoon of March 25.
