Ca Mau isolates a person who crossed the border with ‘patient 1440’.



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After crossing the border to An Giang with “1,440 patients”, the 30-year-old hired a taxi to Ca Mau and met many members of her family.

A girl from Tri Hai commune, Thoi Binh district, was quarantined late on December 29, tested negative for nCoV, said Dang Hai Dang, director of the Center for Disease Control in Ca Mau province and “The group of people who enter illegally from Myanmar is not 6 but more.”

Quarantine zone in case of border crossing in Ca Mau.  Photo: Khanh Hung.

Quarantine zone in case of border crossing in Ca Mau. Image: Khanh Hung.

According to a report from the Ca Mau Provincial Disease Control Steering Committee, on December 23, this woman shared a room in Cambodia with many people crossing the border from Myanmar. On the morning of December 24, this group drove a motorcycle through the orchard, then used a boat to cross the border to enter the Long Binh border gate area, An Giang.

When they reached land, 6 people rented a 7-seat car to Ho Chi Minh City, the girl and two other people took a taxi. When he reached Chau Doc, he continued to take a taxi to Ca Mau, the other two went to Ho Chi Minh City and Tay Ninh. Last night, while taking a taxi from Thoi Binh district to Saigon, the competent forces forced her to return to the town.

In recent days, this illegal entry has exposed many relatives. 50 people involved were isolated at home. In particular, the taxi driver who took the girl home was quarantined alongside An Giang.

So far, the authorities have identified 7 people in the cross-border group. In which, 4 people were infected with nCoV including: a man in Vinh Long (patient 1440 “), a girl in Dong Thap (” patient 1452 “) and two young men in HCMC (patient 1451, patient 1453).

On December 30, the An Giang Police and the Investigative Security Agency prosecuted the case. Organizing for others to enter illegally according to article 348 of the Penal Code.

The path of the 6 people who cross the border.  Graphics: Khanh Hoang

The path of the 6 people who cross the border. Graphics:Khanh hoang

Khanh Hung – Kowloon

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