Phnom Penh (VNA) - Vietnam has yetto confirm when, where and how Patient 315 contracted the COVID-19, Ambassadorto Cambodia Vu Quang Minh has said.
Vietnam, therefore, has still yet to confirmthat the patient was infected while he was in Cambodia, and it initially only searchedfor and quarantined 17 people who had close contact with the man after hereturned home, the diplomat told the Vietnam News Agency (VNA).
On May 16, VNA’s Viet Nam News quoted theNational Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control as saying thatthe 39-year-old man returned to Vietnam from Siem Reap through southern TayNinh province on May 2 without any legal document.
On May 5, he tested negative forSARS-CoV-2 but on May 15 tested positive.
Though Vietnam has not yet affirmed thatthe patient became infected during his stay in Cambodia, it still quarantinessuspected cases and announces part of the places he had travelled to so thatthose in contact with him can be alerted and report to Vietnamese authorities.
The Ministry of Health has been closelycoordinating and exchanging information regularly with its Cambodiancounterpart in an effort to fight the pandemic, Minh said.
“We laud Cambodia for its efforts andachievement in successfully curing all the 122 of its COVID-19 patients andkeeping the country clear of new cases for 36 days, as reported by the Cambodian HealthMinistry,” he said.
The Vietnamese Embassy and representativepress agencies of Vietnam will hold a working session with the CambodianMinistry of Health and Ministry of Information regarding the pandemic,especially in the context of it being basically contained in both countries,the diplomat added./.
Three more COVID-19 patients were given the all-clear on May 18, the Treatment sub-section under the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control said.
Vietnam recorded four more COVID-19 cases among Vietnamese people returning from abroad, the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control said on May 18.
Vietnam has remained clear of COVID-19 community transmission for 33 straight days as no fresh case was confirmed on May 19 morning, according to the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control.
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Ambassador to Cambodia Vu Quang Minh (Photo: VNA) 
