On the afternoon of February 1, talk to PV Youthsaid specialist physician II Nguyen Huu Phuoc, deputy director of the Tra Vinh Health Department, after learning that a 45-year-old patient and another male patient were infected with SARS-CoV-2 (together from the UK) , Immediately Immediately, the Covid 19 Steering Committee of Tra Vinh Province decided to transfer these 2 patients from the concentrated isolation room in the Tra Vinh Military Region to strict and separate isolation in the Tra Vinh Tuberculosis Hospital.
“There is no separate treatment regimen for these two patients because there are no antibiotics in the world and there is no special treatment. After learning that patient 1435 has a new variant of the first SARS-CoV-2 virus in Vietnam, we can still focus on using strong antibiotics to treat this patient’s pneumonia and at the same time trying to find underlying diseases in the bodies of these 2 Covid-19 patients to focus on treatment. The five-person e-kip includes 1 doctor, 4 nurses, and a pharmacist in a separate isolation room for 2 Covid-19 patients who remain permanently fixed in the quarantine area. The medical team on duty is fixed throughout the treatment of these 2 patients. Currently, the team spirit on the mission is still very optimistic, ”said Dr. Phuoc.
Still, according to Dr. Nguyen Huu Phuoc, before the Tra Vinh province medical team arrived at Can Tho airport to receive 147 people from England to the Tra Vinh quarantine it was instructed by the Covid Steering Committee 19 of the province of Tra Vinh. very cautious. Because, these 147 people were determined to be at very high risk of infection from the SARS-CoV-2 virus.
“During the transfer of these 147 people back to Tra Vinh, as well as when the quarantine began in the Tra Vinh Province Military Region, all quarantine regulations were strictly followed. Therefore, two people who tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 did not have the spread to general quarantine and currently 145 people in quarantine in the Military Region of Tra Vinh province have negative results. “Added Dr. Phuoc.
According to the Ministry of Health, before that, on December 22, 2020, the Can Tho airport that received flight VN50 from the United Kingdom to Vietnam had 305 passengers, of which 147 people were transferred to isolation in the province of Tra Vinh, 137 people away from 17 people were isolated in Vinh Long, 17 people were isolated in Can Tho city and 4 people were isolated in Ho Chi Minh city.
The localities sampled, tested for the first time and discovered 6 cases, including patients 1429-1432 (in Vinh Long) and 2 patients 1434, 1435 (in Tra Vinh).
Soon after, the Pasteur Institute in Ho Chi Minh City evaluated, classified and sequenced the genes. The results have registered 1 case out of 1435 patients infected with the SARS-CoV-2 virus strain – VOC 202012/01 variant.
On the morning of February 1, the Health Ministry said that scientists at the Pasteur Institute in Ho Chi Minh City had discovered a new variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus in Vietnam in patient 1435th Covid 19. Patient 1435 he also had the D614G mutation, which is the strain that is believed to have spread rapidly 4-5 months ago.
