HCMC has cases of Covid-19 infection in the community | News



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Previously, during the quarantine in the quarantine area administered by Vietnam Airlines (VNA) (at 115 Hong Ha, Ward 2, Tan Binh District, Ho Chi Minh City) from November 14 to 18, the patient (patient 1342 had contact with a colleague on another flight (it was BN 1325).

After 2 negative tests, patient 1342 was returned to isolation at the inn (P305, 3rd floor, 50 Bach Dang, Room 2, Tan Binh District, HCMC). During isolation, BN 1342 had direct contact with 3 people, including: mother and two friends (a man and a woman). In which the friend (32 years old, resident in Ward 3, District 6, Ho Chi Minh City) came to live.

On November 28, BN 1342 was sampled for the third time to obtain positive results. 3 cases of direct contact with this patient have been isolated and sampled. In which, BN 1342’s friend gave a positive result (it is BN 1347).

How does the Vietnam Airlines quarantine center work?

Reply YouthMr. Dang Anh Tuan, Head of the Communication Department of VNA, said that according to the regulations of the Ministry of Health, in cases where pilots and flight attendants fly from epidemic areas, the entire crew and continue All members must be isolated according to company quarantine rules. Once the quarantine period expires and the test results are negative, they will be sent back to isolation in the room or commune where they reside. The VNA representative also claimed that the VNA-managed isolation area in Ho Chi Minh City was built and managed according to isolation standards, with 24/7 surveillance cameras, ensuring that the isolated person did not directly contact outsiders. .

VNA’s self-managed quarantine zones currently have several hundred of their pilots and flight attendants. Previously, to support the organization of isolation in Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, VNA established 1 isolation center in Hanoi and 2 isolation centers in Ho Chi Minh City (total capacity to receive around 300 people). These centers have been controlled and supervised by the City Health Department, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) …

Mai Ha

According to the initial epidemiological investigation, during the period of November 18 to 25, patient 1347 taught at KEY English English Center (59 Nguyen Ba Tuyen, Ward 12, Tan Binh District) and other branches in Q.10; to cafes and karaoke bars. On the afternoon of November 30, 38 people who were close F1 contacts of BN 1347 were isolated and tested; 154 people (including 62 people in Tan Binh district and 92 people in district 10) were close contact (F2) cases from BN 1347.

According to the National Steering Committee for the Prevention and Control of Covid-19 (BCĐ), this is a reported case in the community after 89 consecutive days without Covid-19 infection due to a domestic infection.

Ho Chi Minh City Response Practice

On the night of November 30, Dr. Nguyen Tri Dung, Director of the Center for Disease Control in Ho Chi Minh City, said that the city urgently investigated, zoned and tracked all cases of exposure to 1347 patients. In addition, sterilization guard, temporary blockade of places appeared BN 1347. In the case of close contact, the authorities perform a concentrated isolation, take samples for analysis. In the case of unclear exposure, close contact, sampling for analysis, isolated at home. According to the baseline survey data, nearly 38 patients were exposed to 1,347 (isolated, sampled); 154 other exposure cases. Currently, 73 cases have been sampled pending test results.
On the evening of November 30, a leader of the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee said that on the morning of December 1, the Standing Committee of the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee planned a meeting to discuss and propose response measures after of the occurrence of an infection in the community was BN 1347.

Mr. Le Thanh Binh, Vice Chairman of the Popular Committee of District 6, said that the epidemiological investigation of case 1347 is somewhat complicated. In the immediate future, 5 family members identified as F1 were taken to the district’s central isolation room, isolated F2 cases at home with supervision, and blocked the alley where the patient resides.

Be careful at the end of the year

Yesterday, November 30, in Da Nang, the Ministry of Health held a preliminary conference on the prevention of the Covid-19 epidemic in 2020. At the conference, Mr. Kidong Park, WHO Representative in Vietnam, evaluated up to now. Now, Vietnam has had its initial success in controlling Covid-19. So far, the Steering Committee has also maintained 5 cross-cutting and key strategies, which are “prevention, detection, isolation, zoning of epidemic suppression, effective treatment.” In the field, when the Covid-19 case occurs in the community, all persons in close contact with the patient must be immediately monitored, tracked and tested “quickly and thoroughly”. the faster the epidemic spreads.
Vice Minister of Health Do Xuan Tuyen said that by the end of the year there will be a large number of Vietnamese returning from other countries and international experts to exchange and work in Vietnam. In particular, special attention should be paid to people who enter illegally, this is the risk of Covid-19 infection in Vietnam. According to him, Vietnam faces the risk of community infection and the possibility of an outbreak is always permanent.
“Vietnam is urgently implementing the dual objective of preventing epidemics and developing its economy. However, after a long period of anti-epidemic action, there has been a subjective mentality and neglect of people such as not wearing masks when going out, meeting to eat and drink … There is a phenomenon that measures have not been seriously implemented to prevent epidemics in the quarantine area and take the last sample at the prescribed time. Illegal entry into Vietnam still occurs. Meanwhile, there is still no vaccine, no specific treatment. The winter-spring climate creates favorable conditions for the virus to survive, to spread … ”, said Tuyen.

An Dy

According to information from the Ministry of Health, BN 1347 has a heavy schedule, working at the KEY English English Center (Cach Mang Thang Tam Street), drinking coffee and singing karaoke on Su Van Hanh Street. Mr. Vu Anh Khoa, President of the Popular Committee of District 10, reported that since the morning of November 30, the competent force verified the epidemiology at the KEY English English Center, requesting to stop working in the morning. The district also made a list of people belonging to F1, F2 and F3 during the time BN 1347 taught, with preliminary statistics on 90 people. Then the district quickly verified about 30 cases who work regularly at the center, such as security guards, staff, colleagues. The center is townhomes, so the district will organize trials for 3-4 homes around. For trainees, this morning (1.12) the county contacted to collect samples.

For the cafeteria and karaoke bar on Su Van Hanh street where BN 1347 used to go, after receiving information from the Ministry of Health on the night of November 30, the district requested to close for a week, at the same time disinfection and disinfection. storewide. All cafeteria and karaoke staff will receive a quick sample on the night of December 30, and then temporarily stay at various venues prepared by the district, if the test comes back negative for Covid-19. it is isolated at home.

According to Dr. Nguyen Tri Dung, the risk of Covid-19 spreading in the community always exists. Therefore, people need to heighten their vigilance, not allow them to be subjective, to neglect. People should comply with the epidemic prevention measures in the new situation according to the “5K” message from the Ministry of Health: Disinfection, masks, distance, no meeting, medical report. Okay, according to Dr. Truong Huu Khanh, people should pay attention, those who go to the places where patients used to have to go to medical report, cooperate with the authorities like people from Da Nang to Ho Chi City Minh. prior to. Dr. Khanh warned that there is a need for strict defense in hospital in the new situation, people should wear masks when going to public places.



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