The 61-year-old man in Vietnam coastal city of Da Nang has tested positive for COVID-19 – the second community transmission confirmed in the central city in the past two days.
Officials say the man lives in Thanh Bình Ward, Hai Chau District, and tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 on Saturday night, bringing the total number of cases in the country to 418. Vietnam News reported.
The National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control’s report on Sunday morning said he is being treated in intensive care at Da Nang Hospital. The man is currently breathing with the aid of a ventilator, the committee added.
Officials are tracing people who he had recently been in contact with to investigate their health and quarantine if necessary.
According to Vietnam News, The Ministry of Health has established three task force teams to support the city administration in prevention and control of COVID-19.
On Saturday, a suspected Covid-19 case in Da Nang was confirmed infected, ending Vietnam’s 99-day streak of no community transmission.
Da Nang C Hospital in Da Nang City where a local man is suspected to have infected with Covid-19, July 2020. Photo by VnExpress/Nguyen Dong.
The patient is a retired man living with his wife, daughter, her husband and a 18-year-old grandson in Lien Chieu District. He said he has not left Da Nang in recent months, but went to three healthcare facilities and attended a wedding in Hai Chau District from July 7 to July 20. 105 people who had had close contact with the patient have been tested by the Da Nang Center for Disease Control (CDC).
Da Nang authorities have put Hospital C under lockdown, with no admissions or discharges allowed. The city has closed its airport from international flights and is preparing large-scale testing among the community. VNExpress reported.
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Source: Vietnam Insider