Arrivals in HCM City will be tested four times for Covid-19

People who arrive in Ho Chi Minh City from abroad will have to take four viral tests during their quarantine.

People who arrive in Ho Chi Minh City from abroad will have to take four viral tests during their quarantine.

  

Arrivals in HCM City will be tested four times for Covid-19

Dr Nguyen Tri Dung, head of the HCM City Centre for Diseases Control announced the information on May 4. Previously, they only take two tests on the first and last day of the quarantine period.

However, since the risks from abroad have been higher than before, everyone who is quarantined will be tested four times on the first, fifth, tenth and last day of the quarantine period.

In late May 3, HCM City recorded the 55th case in the city or the 271st patient in Vietnam. He is one of the foreign experts who came to HCM City from the UK. The flight crew returned immediately.

The group's tests were negative on April 29. However, on May 2, his test came back positive while others' tests were still negative. The patient doesn't show any symptoms and has been brought to Cu Chi Field Hospital for treatment.

HCM City has recorded 55 positive cases. Seven patients are being monitored at Cu Chi Field Hospital and the patient 91 is still staying at the HCM City Hospital for Tropical Diseases for the critical condition.