The passport of Leyson Smith Santamaria Orjuela from Colombia. He has escaped from a quarantine site for COVID-19 in Hoi An city (Photo courtesy of Quang Nam Police Department) Quang Nam (VNA) - AColombian man has left a quarantine area in Hoi An city in the central province of Quang Nam without being given the all clear, the provincial steering committee for COVID-19 prevention and control said on April 12.
LeysonSmith Santamaria Orjuela, 22, left the quarantine site at 19:00 on April 11, and local authorities havebeen cooperating with neighbouring provinces to track him down.
Before leaving the quarantine area, hehad visited many places across the country and his visa expired onFebruary 22.
Thecommittee said he had not completed his quarantine period, and had not beentested for the novelcoronavirus SARS-CoV-2.
Theprovince has quarantined 6,116people at health centres, hotels and homes, of whom 2,603 have completedtheir quarantine periods. Out of 2,608 samples taken, 2,591 have tested negativefor SARS-CoV-2.
ThreeCOVID-19 patients (No 31, 33 and 57) found in the province have alreadybeen released from hospital after treatment and quarantine.
Earlier, an American woman also fledfrom a hospital in the centralcity of Da Nang on March 30. She was then captured by local police and later tested negativefor SARS-CoV-2./.
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