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More than 60 people involved in case 1451 who illegally entered Ho Chi Minh City from Myanmar were reported to have COVID-19.

On the night of December 28, Mr. Nguyen Tan Binh (Director of the Ho Chi Minh City Health Department) said that Ho Chi Minh City had just confirmed positive results for COVID-19 from a patient 1451 male (23 years old, residing in Su Van Hanh’s apartment). , room 9, district 5). This person entered Ho Chi Minh City illegally and lives with a 1,440-year-old patient in Myanmar, who is currently receiving treatment at Cu Chi Field Hospital.

Currently, the health force has isolated more than 60 F1 cases from this alleged case. All F1 cases were centrally isolated and COVID-19 samples were taken.

Consequently, on December 15, the patient accompanied patient 1440 from Myanmar to Mae Sot, Thailand, staying in a hotel with 5 other people. On December 23, a group of 7 people moved from Bangkok (Thailand) to Cambodia. After that, 6 people from the group went from Cambodia to Vietnam.

Upon reaching the territory of Vietnam, this group of people travels by 7-seater car. On the way to HCMC, a patient from 1440 and a woman separated to go to the West. On December 27, patient 1451 was isolated in a quarantine area in District 5, Ho Chi Minh City and samples were taken for analysis. This person’s health is currently stable, but he has a stuffy nose, a lot of sputum coughing.

Mr. Nguyen Thanh Phong (Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee) said that the new case was quickly zoned, the disease situation was under the control of the city.

“In 4 cases related to Case 1440, 1 person tested positive (patient 1451), the person named V. (who resides in District 1) and T. (who lives in Hormone District) tested negative for COVID-19 . Another person by the name K. also illegally entered Vietnam from Myanmar, currently he does not know where he is. The Ho Chi Minh City police are searching for this person. 9 “- Information from Mr. Nguyen Thanh Phong.

The illegal entry of neighboring countries to the epidemic represents an alarming risk of the spread of COVID-19. Mr. Nguyen Thanh Phong noted that local authorities in the area must carefully understand the suspension of entry cases. For illegal entry cases, the city government determines to what extent the crimes will be handled to prevent them.

Faced with this situation, the city requires agencies, departments, districts to raise the anti-epidemic spirit. At the same time, a high vigilance, not subjective and negligent, must be considered anti-epidemic as anti-enemy.

In order to create the conditions for people to welcome the new year of 2021 and the traditional New Year of the nation, the Chairman of the People’s Committee of Ho Chi Minh City, Nguyen Thanh Phong, requested the Department of Health to accelerate the investigation. of the patient contact route and the France deployment to stop. Also, suspend the activities of the sites exposed to the kit to disinfect.



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