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On September 21, the number of cases increased again in Europe. In the photo: People moving in Chinatown, London (UK) as the disease is on the rise again – Photo: REUTERS
At the meeting of the Steering Committee for the Prevention and Control of COVID-19 in Ho Chi Minh City on the afternoon of September 21, Ms. Bui Thi Ngoc Hieu, Vice Chairperson of the District 7 People’s Committee, said that the district just recognized a case. positive for COVID-19 after returning from Ho Chi Minh City to Sri Lanka.
Consequently, this patient He left Ho Chi Minh City on September 12 and tested negative. However, after returning to SSri Lanka, this person was retested and tested positive for COVID-19. On September 18, the Sri Lankan side informed Vietnam of the case of this patient.
Ms. Hieu said eUntil now, the Vietnamese authorities do not know when this patient was infected. However, after receiving the news from his home country, the District 7 People’s Committee cooperated with the relevant agencies to disinfect the entire hotel where the patient stayed while he was in Vietnam, at the same time checking everyone. with which the patient is in contact.
In which samples were taken for analysis. 15 people and all gave negative results. to show A person in close contact with the patient has been isolated in a quarantine center in District 7 since September 18. The remaining 14 people include hotel co-workers, hotel staff, and the patient’s classmates under second-level supervision at home.
Also at the meeting, Mr. Nguyen Tan Binh – Director of the Ho Chi Minh City Health Department – said that so far, 54 days since the last case was registered, the city has not discovered any more cases in the community.
Currently, there are 24 people with respiratory inflammatory symptoms in isolation, follow-up and diagnostic tests in isolated areas of hospitals, none have severe symptoms, 18 cases have had a negative result, The remaining 6 cases are awaiting results.
The city just had a re-positive case as a Chinese person who illegally entered Vietnam since July 27, 2020 for unofficial traffic in the north and then took a bus to Ho Chi Minh City on July 29.
This person was later discovered by the Binh Tan District Police and sent to a concentrated isolation ward in Cu Chi. This person tested positive for COVID-19 during isolation, was treated until September 7, and had a negative result. On September 14, the test results came back positive.
Currently, this person is in isolation for treatment at Cu Chi Field Hospital, has no fever, cough, or shortness of breath.
Binh said the city is currently preparing organizational plans and processes for those entering from 6 countries and territories (Japan, Korea, China, Taiwan, Laos and Cambodia). for medical supervision after completion, participating in concentrated isolation (about 6 days) according to the guidelines of the Ministry of Health.
In Vietnam, 0 new cases of COVID-19, 947 patients were declared cured
The report of the National Steering Committee for the prevention and control of the COVID-19 epidemic in the afternoon of September 21 indicated that there were no new cases of COVID-19 during the day. This is the nineteenth consecutive day that our country has no new cases in the community and it remains the number 1,068 positive cases for SARS-CoV-2, of which 691 cases were caused by domestic infection (551 new cases). from July 25 to the present).
In addition, on September 21, the cure of 5 patients was announced, including 1 patient at Hoa Vang Field Hospital (Da Nang), 2 patients at Dong Anh (Ha Noi) Central Hospital for Tropical Diseases, 1 patient from the Hai Duong Hospital for Tropical Diseases and 1 patient from Can Tho Tuberculosis and Lung Disease Hospital.
Thus, so far, our country has 949 of 1,068 patients with COVID-19 declared cured, 35 deaths.
At the national level, there are 24,626 people who have close contact and entry from the epidemic area is under medical control, of which 385 people are isolated and gathered in the hospital; 15,294 people concentrated in isolation in another establishment; 8,947 people were isolated in their homes and lodgings.
