Chinese Visitor to Myanmar Tests Negative for Coronavirus, Released After Four Days of Quarantine


Topic: 

Chinese, coronavirus, Hospital, patient, quarantine, released, suspected case, virus-free

ဖော်ပြချက်/အကြောင်းအရာ: 

"A 56-year-old Chinese man who quarantined in Yangon on Friday on suspicion of carrying the coronavirus after arriving on a flight from Guangzhou has been released from the hospital after his symptoms cleared up and test results showed him to be virus-free, according to Myanmar’s Health Ministry. The man had been under observation in an isolation ward at a communicable disease hospital in northern Yangon since Friday. The Ministry of Health and Sports announced in a statement on Monday that lab tests conducted in Thailand on samples taken from the man’s nose and throat showed he was negative for the new coronavirus. “His health condition is improving. So, he was discharged from the hospital,” the hospital said. The statement added that two Myanmar nationals on the same flight as the Chinese man who had also been quarantined were also released, as they were in good health. So far, the virus has killed 361 people in China. The number of infections has increased to 2,829 while the number of suspected cases has topped 20,000, China’s National Health Commission said..."

ရင်းမြစ်: 

"The Irrawaddy" (Thailand)

Date of Publication: 

2020-02-03

Date of entry: 

2020-02-03

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  • Individual Documents

အကြောင်းအရာ/အမျိုးအစား: 

Countries: 

Myanmar, China

Language: 

English

Resource Type: 

text

Text quality: 

    • Good