About the case of the patient from Hong Kong with Covid-19 disease who has previously traveled to Da Nang City

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At 20:05 on 16/02/2020 (Hong Kong time) the website of the Hong Kong government (China) reported: The Health Protection Center (CHP) of the Department of Health of this special area has 03 new cases of infection of Corona virus (Covid-19), in which one man is thought to have traveled to Da Nang during the incubation period.

Regarding this, the Department of Health details the following information:

According to information recorded at the website of the Hong Kong government (China), this patient is a 45-year-old man (the 59th case out of 60 Covid-19 positive cases in Hong Kong), who had a fever and sore throat since 12/02/2020 and went to a private doctor on 02/13/2020. After that, the patient came to visit Queen Elizabeth Hospital and was put into treatment. The patient’s test result is positive for the new strain of Corona virus. Currently the patient’s health is in stable condition.

According to this website, the patient arrived in Da Nang from January 30, 2020 to February 1, 2020. Thus, from the time when the patient left Da Nang until the patient’s onset of illness (February 12, 2020) is 11 days, this shows that the identification of incubation during the time in Da Nang is not certain and lacking evidence.

If the patient had been incubated during his stay in Da Nang, which means the first 3-4 days of the incubation period, the virus concentration would have been very low and it is difficult to spread the disease to people in close contact (because the incubation period for Covid-19 is between 2-14 days and usually the highest concentration of the new strain of Corona virus is spread at 1 to 2 days immediately before the onset of illness).

Since the date this patient left Da Nang (February 1, 2020), it has been past 14 days but all suspected cases detected through surveillance at community and medical facilities in Da Nang city showed negative results for the new strain of Corona virus.

Currently, only 02 patients who are being isolated and monitored at Da Nang Lung Hospital, who have just entered the city after February 1, 2020. Therefore, the possibility of the Hong Kong patient getting sick in Da Nang City or spreading the disease to people in Da Nang City is almost impossible.

On the other hand, according to the Hong Kong government website, the patient was a colleague of the 57th patient with Covid-19 disease on February 7, 2020 in Hong Kong, and the 60th patient was also the wife of 57th patient mentioned above. We should not exclude the possibility that the patient is infected from this source.

Information on the website of the Hong Kong government (China) is still quite vague, lacking information so the Department of Health of Da Nang City will continue to coordinate with investigating authorities to clarify and will provide information immediately after there are official results.

Currently, the Covid-19 epidemic continues to be complicated in China and some countries and territories around the world. Vietnam has also recorded a number of cases, although Da Nang has not yet detected cases that are positive for new strain of Corona virus. However, the medical sector have been and will continue to closely monitor disease situation and implement drastically and synchronously proactive prevention and control measures according to the directing of Ministry of Health and Da Nang City People’s Committee.

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