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Thursday, December 3, 2020 18:43 PM (GMT + 7)
Three-quarters of the recently reported Covid-19 patients in Ho Chi Minh City had no symptoms, indicating the risk of the silent spread of the disease and the role of self-defense measures.
At the City Steering Committee meeting on Covid-19 epidemic prevention and control on the afternoon of December 3, GS-TS-BS Nguyen Tan Binh, Director of the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Health, said that so far , the city’s health sector has confirmed they identified 2,344 people who communicated with Covid-19 patients at 1342 – (Vietnam Airlines flight attendant), including 3 confirmed positive cases (BN 1347, BN 1348, BN 1349).
“Providing” food to people at a blockade point in District 6 – photo: HOANG TRIU
On the afternoon of December 3, 852 close contacts (F1) had test results, all of which were negative. 1,341 cases of F2 were also negative. Additionally, a further 148 F1’s have been added to the list through the follow-up process and are awaiting test results. The review and search for F1, F2 of previous patients is still urgently performed.
According to Mr. Nguyen Tan Binh, the cause of the F1 number of these patients is a lot because on this occasion, in addition to the cases of close contact below 2m, the health sector also added the form of “close contact above 2m “, that is, people who are not approaching the patient but joining the classes he teaches or attends.
Regarding the health of 4 patients with Covid-19, currently only BN 1342 has mild symptoms, such as: cough, sore throat, the remaining 3 people have no symptoms. Therefore, Mr. Binh emphasized the risk of community spread of this disease if people do not pay attention to preventive measures such as masks, disinfection …, even for people without respiratory symptoms. .
Mr. Nguyen Thanh Phong, Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee, emphasized that although the city has controlled the situation, recent cases have had a great impact in many respects. Regarding BN 1342, the chairman of the Popular Committee of the City requested a strict punishment to deter. This morning, regarding individuals and organizations violating quarantine regulations, the City Police and the Department of Information and Communications held a press conference to announce the prosecution of the “Spread of Dangerous Infectious Disease” case. dangerous for people. ”Previously, the Department of Information and Communications also announced the identity of this patient as Duong Tan Hau, born in 1992, a flight attendant for Vietnam Airlines.
According to the chairman of the People’s Committee of the City, Nguyen Thanh Phong, BN1342 not only violates the centralized isolation process, isolation at home, but also does not voluntarily declare, does not write a travel diary, for example, goes to school. Hultech University. Therefore, the chairman of the People’s Committee of the City proposed to process this patient after the processing step.
Representatives from the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Education and Training said that due to the epidemic, the entire city had 8,211 students and 663 teachers from kindergarten to high school were temporarily on hiatus. At the university level, there are 160,904 students and 5,796 teachers outside of school and teaching.
Source: https://nld.com.vn/thoi-su/chu-tich-ubnd-tp-hcm-de-nghi-khoi-to-bn-1342-tiep-vien-vna-mac-covid- .. .
The vice president of the People’s Committee of Ho Chi Minh City signed an urgent document requesting the units to strengthen the implementation of the prevention and control of the COVID-19 epidemic.
