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Ho Chi Minh City: Recovered COVID-19 patient tests positive again

An eight-year-old girl in Ho Chi Minh City’s Thu Duc city has tested positive again for the coronavirus after completing her quarantine and being given the all-clear.
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Ho Chi MinhCity (VNA) - An eight-year-old girl in Ho Chi Minh City’s Thu Duccity has tested positive again for the coronavirus after completing herquarantine and being given the all-clear.

The girland her parents landed at the city’s Tan Son Nhat International Airport fromthe US on December 27. Following a positive COVID-19 test result, she wastreated at the Cu Chi COVID-19 treatment hospital before recovering and goinghome to Thu Duc.

On January28, her two samples for testing showed positive again. The girl then returnedto the hospital for further treatment, while part of the apartment block whereshe lives has been closed for disinfecting and for collecting samples fortesting.

On January29, the HCM City Department of Health issued a dispatch asking all units toreactivate their pandemic prevention and control systems and cancel all massgatherings until further notice./.
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