Ho Chi Minh City man suspected of being infected with nCoV



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Dr. Le Quang Tri, director of the 7A Military Hospital, confirmed the above information with VnExpress 4/1 afternoon.

The patient lives in the city of Tan Tuc, he is a retired soldier. northOn December 24, 2020, he arrived from Ho Chi Minh City to Noi Bai Airport in Hanoi, and then moved in a group of 20 on a tour to Sa Pa. On the afternoon of December 27, 2020, He took a plane back to Ho Chi Minh City, stayed at his home in Room 5, ruled by Tan Tuc City.

On December 28, he presented symptoms of a cough, fever, and bought medicines near his home. On December 29, he went to a clinic near his home and the doctor prescribed medicine.

On New Year’s Eve he entered the Emergency Department, Military Hospital 7A, by car, accompanied by military medical personnel. Doctors suspect, conduct screening tests, diagnose patients with suspected Covid-19 pneumonia, hypertension, heart failure.

According to the Binh Chanh district authorities, while they awaited the official test results, the local authorities blocked this man’s home.

The epidemiological investigation showed that since returning home after the tour, this person has not had contact with neighbors. Twenty-four direct contacts have been placed in the district quarantine zone. Currently, the local health sector continues to trace indirect contacts.

7 A Military Hospital was authorized by the Ministry of Health to carry out the Covid-19 confirmatory test.

Ho Chi Minh City has had 33 days of freedom from infections in the community, since the last case in the chain of infections of a flight attendant registered on December 2, 2020.

At the end of December 2020, Ho Chi Minh City recorded two cases of nCoV infection as people who entered illegally. These two cases occurred among a group of 9 people from Myanmar who followed the open road to An Giang, from where 3 people dispersed to the western provinces; 6 people travel by shared car to Ho Chi Minh City, including 2 people get off the bus in Long An to one back to Dong Thap, one to Vinh Long, 4 people go directly to Ho Chi Minh City. Currently, this group has been discovered and quarantined, of which four people have confirmed nCoV infection, including “patient 1440” (in Vinh Long), “patient 1452” (in Dong Thap) and “patient 1451 “. “patient 1453” (in HCMC).

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