Hanoi (VNA) – Three more COVID-19 patients who hadpreviously been given the all-clear tested positive again, bringing the numberof such cases to eight, it was reported on April 27.
The National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention andControl said Patient 74 from northern Phu Tho province was discharged fromhospital on April 10 after testing negative twice. However, after 14 days ofquarantining at home, his results turned positive on April 25. The patient hasbeen readmitted to the Central Hospital for Tropical Diseases.
Meanwhile, the Health Department of Ho Chi Minh City reported Patients207 and 224 again tested negative for SARS-CoV-2 five days after they weredischarged from the city-based Cu Chi Hospital for Acute RespiratoryDisease on April 18 and 20.
The two, both Brazilian, are again hospitalized at the Cu Chihospital.
As of 6:00 am on April 27 there was no newinfection of the SARS-CoV-2 virus in Vietnam, marking the 11th day in arow the country has seen no new COVID-19 cases through community infection, according tothe National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control.
The number of COVID-19 cases in the countryremained at 270, with 225 having recovered and no death. Among the recoveries,eight have tested positive again./.