The man who was Patient 137 was taken to the National Hospital for Tropical Diseases in Hanoi on March 25. He was released from hospital on April 7 and after that he was told to self-isolate at home for 14 more days.
Patient 137 tests positive for SARS-CoV-2 again
On April 22, he took a seventh Covid-19 test which indicated he was positive again. Earlier, he had six negative tests.
The Nghe An Disease Control Centre have sterilised his house and the surrounding area as well as defined the list of people who had contacts with him over the past 14 days.
Earlier, Patient 188 also tested positive again three days after being declared fully-recovered. Patient 188 successfully recovered after further treatment.
According to Deputy Minister of Health Nguyen Thanh Long, in the coming time, the Ministry of Health will test all Covid-19 cases to find antibodies for research the possibility of Covid-19 resistance.
Among the country’s total 270 Covid-19 patients, 225 have been discharged from hospital
