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HCMCMore than two months living in Ho Chi Minh City, a Korean expert, 48 years old, in many hotels, 48 people in close contact (F1), 297 people in indirect contact (F2).
The information was reported by the Ho Chi Minh City Center for Disease Control (HCDC) on October 28. Previously, the Korean expert entered Vietnam on July 29 and on October 24 he went to Japan to test Covid -19 for a positive result.
In 48 F1 cases, the health agency approached 47 people for a concentrated quarantine, sampling, and one person left the city. Of the testers, 42 have a negative result, 5 are waiting for the results.
For 297 F2 cases, the health sector reached 295 people, requiring home isolation; 259 people took samples to analyze, of which 123 people tested negative, 136 people were waiting for the results.
Currently, the city’s health sector continues to coordinate with the police to verify and seek cases of contact with Korean experts for medical supervision.
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. Image:Huu Khoa.
According to HCDC, after entering Vietnam from July 29 to August 16, Korean experts completed the quarantine in Hanoi. From August 16 to October 24, he lived and worked in Ho Chi Minh City. During this time, the expert went to Da Nang, Nha Trang, moved to many districts (1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 12, Binh Thanh, Phu Nhuan, Thu Duc), often went to Grab, play golf, attend death anniversary.
On October 24, the patient left Vietnam for Japan. At Narita airport, he tested Covid-19 (for antigens through saliva) in accordance with the country’s regulations and gave a positive result.
“This is a detection result using a rapid antigen test. In this case, the Japanese medical agency will conduct additional diagnostic tests for RT-PCR to confirm whether or not Covid-19 is really infected.” We have not received a confirmation from Japan, “said the HCDC representative.
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 1,061 people who are in central isolation, 292 people are isolated at home and in residence.
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