Japanese expert tests positive for COVID-19 in Hanoi
VOV.VN - A Japanese expert working for Canon Vietnam Co. Ltd. has been diagnosed with the SARS-CoV-2 virus in Hanoi, announced the Hanoi Centre for Diseases Control (CDC).
Taki K., 40, lives in Hanoi’s Tay Ho district and works for Canon Vietnam at Que Vo industrial park in Bac Ninh province, a gateway to Hanoi capital.
The patient first tested negative in Bac Ninh on May 14 and was required to return to Hanoi for home quarantine.
He was tested for the second time two weeks later with the result coming back positive on May 29.
The Japanese expert was said to live alone on the 17th floor of Fraser Suites trading centre and hotel complex on Xuan Dieu street.
Healthcare workers conducted epidemiological investigation, contact tracing and testing for those in direct and indirect contact with the patient.
Relevant forces cordoned off and disinfected the hotel complex.
Canon Vietnam had previously recorded several positive cases linked to the outbreak in Mao Dien commune of Thuan Thanh district, Bac Ninh province.
Bac Ninh is Vietnam’s second largest coronavirus hotspot, having logged more than 700 cases since the emergence of the virus in late April.