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On the afternoon of October 28, Dr. Phan Thanh Tam, Deputy Director of the Ho Chi Minh City Center for Disease Control (HCDC), chaired the press conference to provide information on Covid-19 infection as Korean expert.
Specifically, on the night of October 24, HCDC received information that 48-year-old Mr. JK, a Korean national, is an expert of a Japanese company in the field of investment cooperation with a representative office in Hanoi, when testing quickly. Antigenic at Narita Airport (Japan) showed a positive result for Covid-19.
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More than 300 F1, F2 from Korean expert were all negative for Covid-19 |
After receiving the positive information from the case, HCDC tracked down and discussed directly with the patient. The health force approached and took samples to analyze 47 of 48 cases of close contact with the patient and 296 of 297 people in close contact. On the afternoon of October 28, all current test results were negative for the SARS-CoV-2 virus.
Regarding the receipt of positive information from the Korean expert on October 24, but not widely available, but published only on the afternoon of October 27, Mr. Tam explained: “This information is very sensitive, if the investigation is not correct. We cannot collect this information if we have not collected enough evidence. Information about the epidemic requires very high precision, so it cannot be published soon. “
Regarding the possibility of the infection coming from any source, Dr. Tam said that it was possible to infect from an airport, on a plane, and at an airport in Japan. “The possibility of infecting the aircraft is very low because all the hostesses and tourists are leaving Vietnam and they have not translated us for a long time. As for the possibility of infection at an airport in Japan, we cannot confirm it, ”said Mr. Tam.
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On the afternoon of October 28, Vietnam registered one more case of Covid-19 in Angola. |
Why not take the test when leaving the airport?
Previously, Ho Chi Minh City had registered a case of Covid-19 with Sri Lankan nationality after leaving Vietnam, but it was not tested before boarding the plane. Mr. Tam said that Vietnam does not have a policy to force passengers to test before departure, the health sector only tests passengers who travel to required countries, not all.
When assessing the risk of the case, Dr. Tam said that although the close contact and close contact cases had negative results, they could not be subjective, but they still had to wait for the confirmed results of The Japanese Side is Negative for a good prognosis. HCDC will continue to work on zoning and contact case tracing.
Although this expert goes to many places, according to Dr. Tam, the medical force will focus on tracking the places the expert used to go about 14 days before leaving, especially frequently visited areas and places. stay.
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