Korean expert tested positive for nCoV after leaving Ho Chi Minh City



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A Korean expert in Ho Chi Minh City tested positive for nCoV when he arrived in Japan on October 25, leaving at least 19 people isolated.

The District 2 Medical Center on October 27 said that after receiving information from the HCM City Disease Control Center (HCDC), this agency put 6 people in direct contact (F1) with Korean experts. away concentrated isolation.

Staff from the Ho Chi Minh City International Medical Quarantine Center (Department of Health) monitor the temperature of people entering Tan Son Nhat airport on March 24.  Photo: Huu Khoa.

Staff at the Ho Chi Minh City International Medical Quarantine Center (Department of Health) monitor the temperature of people entering Tan Son Nhat airport on March 24. Image:Huu Khoa.

“They are people who work with the same company, interpreters and acquaintances of the Korean case,” said the representative of the District 2 Medical Center.

Furthermore, the district health center also isolated at home 3 people who lived in the Thao Dien ward and were exposed to F1 cases. The health force continued to coordinate with the authorities to carry out zoning and rapid tracking of 4 additional F2 cases (exposure to F1) to require home isolation.

Regarding the aforementioned foreign expert, the District 6 Medical Center also quarantined 10 people, of which one case is concentrated, the rest are isolated at home.

Ho Chi Minh City has spent 3 months without cases of infection in the community. As of October 27, the city had registered 82 people with Covid-19, of which 78 were cured. The entire city has 1,052 people who are in concentrated isolation, 294 people isolated at home and in residence.

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