As many as 154 employees of the Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) of Quang Nam province have tested negative for the SARS-CoV-2 virus after a CDC member was infected with the virus.

Quang Nam has asked all employees at its Centre for Disease Prevention and
Control for COVID-19 tests after one of its staff was infected with the virus.
(Photo: VTC)

Nguyen Van Hai, director of the Quang Nam Department of Health made the statement on August 17, several minutes after the Ministry of Health announced the case. 

The female employee, 49, and her relatives attended a wedding party in Da Nang city, the epicenter of the country’s coronavirus outbreak, on July 11. 

She stayed in stable health condition with her family until she tested positive for the virus on August 15. 

During her virus incubation period, the employee went to work normally at the Nutrition Service of the CDC and went shopping for food. She was said to wear a face mask in the workplace or at markets. 

“Though the employee was not directly engaged in COVID-19 prevention and control, we asked all CDC staff for tests, and luckily the tests came back negative,” said Dr Hai. 

“We do hope that local residents will feel at ease with the new and continue to join hands to fight the virus,” the director added. 

Quang Nam province has registered 91 coronavirus cases since the virus recurred in the community in Vietnam last July.