HCM City detects one relapse case of COVID-19
VOV.VN - A 27-year-old patient who had been discharged from hospital for 16 days has tested positive again for the coronavirus disease, the HCM City Centre of Disease Control reported on August 20.
The man was diagnosed with the SARS-CoV-2 virus in Equatorial Guinea and was admitted to the Central Hospital of Tropical Diseases on July 29.
After testing negative thrice, he was released from the hospital on August 14 and underwent home isolation in Thoai Ngoc Hau Street in Hoa Thanh ward, Tan Phu district.
His test results also came back negative on August 16 and 17. However, he tested positive on August 18.
The man was then transferred to the Cu Chi COVID-19 treatment hospital with his health condition being normal while displaying no signs of a fever, a cough, or shortness of breath.
Due to fear over local transmission, authorities have locked down 17 households around his home for isolation and conducted tests on 52 people having close contact with the patient.