Da Nang has recorded one suspect case of COVID-19 which is a 57-year-old man who has stayed only in this central city over the past month, the Ministry of Health said on July 24.
Medical workers move the suspect patient onto an ambulance to send him to the Da Nang Hospital for monitoring on July 24 (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Da Nang has recorded one suspect caseof COVID-19 which is a 57-year-old man who has stayed only in this central cityover the past month, the Ministry of Health said on July 24.
The Ministry cited the municipal Department ofHealth as reporting that over the past month, the man, residing in Lien Chieudistrict, has stayed only in Da Nang, rarely gone out of his residential area,and only met his neighbours.
Showing fever, cough and sputum, he visited thecity’s Hospital C on July 20 morning and was classified as a suspect case ofCOVID-19.
Shortly after being notified of this case, theHealth Ministry ordered the Da Nang Department of Health to direct the city’sdisease control centre and Hospital C to take his sample for testing.
The first screening test, using the RT-PCRmethod, on July 23 indicated that the man is positive for SARS-CoV-2, the virusthat causes COVID-19. Another test of sample collected later the same day alsoshowed the same result.
Samples have been sent to the Pasteur Institutein Nha Trang city and the National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology inHanoi for confirmatory testing.
The Da Nang department also immediately tooksamples for testing from people having close contact with the suspect case atHospital C and Da Nang Hospital, along with his family members.
All 102 samples of those people tested negative for SARS-CoV-2.
The department has also requested relevant unitsto conduct epidemiological investigationto clarify any others with close contact with the suspect patient, quarantinethem, and seal off related areas.
More information will be provided as soon asconfirmatory testing results are available./.
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Medical workers move the suspect patient onto an ambulance to send him to the Da Nang Hospital for monitoring on July 24 (Photo: VNA) 
