On Thursday morning, Dr Ton That Thanh, the Director of the Da Nang Centre of Preventive Medicine, said 13 other patients in Da Nang, who were suspected of having the coronavirus, have tested negative for new strain of coronavirus.

“Previously, the throat swabs and blood serum samples of 35 people with high fever had been sent to the Nha Trang Pasteur Institute to test for the coronavirus. To date, 28 of them have tested negative for the Wuhan coronavirus. The remaining 7 samples have been waiting for test results from the Nha Trang Pasteur Institute” Dr Thanh remarked.

By PHAN CHUNG - Translated by MAI DUNG