HCM City Hospital for Tropical Diseases quarantined

HCM City Hospital for Tropical Diseases quarantined

HCM CITY — The HCM City Hospital for Tropical Diseases has i妹妹ediately begun preventive activities after a new case of COVID- 一 九 was detected there.

The patient is an employee of the information technology department and tested positive for SARS-CoV- 二 on Friday.

The hospital urgently implemented a rapid screening protocol and put plans in action to quarantine and take samples from all medical staff.

By Sunday morning, the hospital had completed RT-PCR tests for  八 八 七 employees and detected  五 三 positive cases for SARS-CoV- 二.

The hospital also tested all  八 八 patients in severe departments such as tetanus, encephalitis, HIV/AIDS and chronic liver disease units. All of these tests were negative.

The  五 三 employees who are positive are currently quarantined and receiving treatment, with  五 二, who have been vaccinated, completely asymptomatic. 

HCM City on Sunday loosened social distancing in Gò Vấp District after the COVID- 一 九 situation there was put under control.

Leaders of the city requested the district authorities continue monitoring and ask people to make health declarations if they show symptoms of COVID- 一 九. — VNS