Two recovered Covid-19 patients test positive again

Nguyen Van Hai, director of Quang Nam Department of Health announced that two female monks at Bao Thang Pagoda had tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 again after recovery.

Nguyen Van Hai, director of Quang Nam Department of Health announced on September 14 that two female monks at Bao Thang Pagoda had tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 again after recovery.

  

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The 75-year-old monk at Bao Thang Pagoda was tested positive on August 1 and treated at Hue Central Hospital. She recovered on August 27 and was self-isolated at Bao Thang Pagoda for 14 days. During this time, she was tested three more times. The first test was negative but the following test results were positive.

The 55-year-old monk was tested positive on August 1 and treated at Dien Nam-Dien Ngoc Clinic under Quang Nam General Hospital. She recovered and was discharged on August 18. During 14-day home isolation, she was tested twice and the results were negative.

She was tested again after the test result of the 75-year-old monk came back positive. The third test came back positive.

The patients have been transferred to Quang Nam General Hosptial for further monitoring.

Another patient from Bao Thang Pagoda has also recovered recently. There are 25 people staying at the pagoda. They all have been tested and the results were negative.