On May 3, a patient with covid19 came to Vinmec Hospital for testing services; tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 virus.

Morning of May 4; Hanoi recorded 1 new case of covid19 patient in Hoang Mai district; is the case of a foreigner.

Specifically, patient V.V; Born in 1984, Indian nationality; is an expert working for Vinfast Company. Address at Park 10; 34th floor; room 12B; Times City urban area; Mai Dong; Hoang Mai.

The patient’s epidemiological history is as follows: The patient entered the country on April 17, 2021; quarantined at Canh Hung hotel; Hong Bang district; Hai Phong city; Samples were taken for testing twice; 1st time on April 19; the second time on April 30; The results were all negative (CDC Hai Phong).

The Ministry of Health urgently requests to extend the centralized quarantine period

May 1; The patient who has finished quarantine takes a taxi to Hanoi to stay at the above address with his wife and children; self-declared he had not gone far.

On May 3, the patient went to Vinmec Hospital to have a service test, and the result was positive for the SARS-CoV-2 virus.

Currently, the patient is being transferred to quarantine for treatment at the Central Tropical Hospital facility 2. The patient sample is transferred to the Hanoi Center for Disease Control for further testing.

At the patient’s home; The patient’s wife and children are in normal health; Sampling is being investigated.

The patient has 6 F1 (wife; 2 children; 3 people living in the same building of Indian nationality) and the patient’s wife and 2 children are temporarily isolated at home due to the children being 1 year old and 3 years old; The remaining 3 people will be transferred to centralized quarantine.

On the 24th floor; Authorities have sampled 41 people (no results yet); Temporarily blockade Park 10 building; includes 34 floors; about 1,500 residents. Meanwhile; driver to take patients back to Hanoi who are being quarantined; Testing in Hai Phong currently has no results.

Hanoi: Locked down a building due to the discovery of a positive case of SARS-CoV-2, an Indian expert

(The building where the patient lives)

Functional units continue to investigate and trace close contact cases to take samples for testing and quarantine./.

Quoted article source: New Newspaper.