[ad_1]
A case from Hanoi who went to Japan has a positive rapid test result for the SARS-CoV-2 virus.
Mr. Truong Quang Viet, Deputy Director in charge of CDC Hanoi, said that the aforementioned case lived in Hanoi, on September 22, this person flew from Noi Bai airport to Japan, quickly tested the antigen for results. positive for SARS-CoV-2.
However, the Vietnamese side asked Japan to retest by RT-PCR, the results are expected to be reported within the next 10 days.
Previously, on September 8, a 25-year-old girl in Hanoi also tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 RT-PCR after entering France. Soon after, Hanoi urgently investigated epidemiology, quarantining 13 people who had direct contact with female patients, but so far all have had negative results.
CDC Hanoi said that this afternoon the unit will negotiate the purchase of 10,000 PCR tests to serve the tests in the next time.
Mr. Viet stated that the hiring was carried out in accordance with regulations, bidding to ensure openness and transparency.
Japan is known to be widely deploying rapid antigen testing at airports. This is a luminescent immunization technique on a sample of phlegm or saliva, giving results in 30 minutes. The sensitivity of the antigen test varies between 84 and 97%.
Vietnam is also investigating and ordering companies to produce an antigen kit for rapid tests at the airport when our country reopens trade routes to Vietnam from September 25 to.
As of the morning of September 23, Vietnam had not registered a new case of Covid-19 in the community for 20 days. Particularly in Hanoi, today is the 36th day that no cases of infection have been recorded in the community.
Thuy Hanh
People entering Vietnam after 6 days of concentrated isolation can return home
After 2 sampling times, if a person entering Vietnam has a negative test result, they will be allowed to return to their home and place of residence to isolate themselves.
