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Quarantine personnel cleaning the compartment of the plane – Photo: DUYEN PHAN
Late in the evening on January 29, MSc.BS Dinh Thi Hai Yen, director of the Health Education and Communication Department at the Ho Chi Minh City Center for Disease Control (HCDC), said that Ho Chi Minh City registered a suspected COVID-19 case on flight VN213 from Noi Bai to Ho Chi Minh City at 3:00 p.m. on January 28.
This suspicious case Hometown in Nam Sach District, Hai Duong Province, in close contact with patients 1612.
After arriving in Ho Chi Minh City, This person took the initiative to report the medical care and was quarantined. Test results for suspected COVID-19 infection.
Twelve close contact cases have been isolated from this suspected case, and test results are negative for the first time for SARS-CoV-2.
HCDC recommends that all passengers traveling on the previous flight contact the local health authority.
For those living in Ho Chi Minh City, please call the Medical Center hotline number of the district of residence to report, receive medical isolation instructions, and collect a sample for SARS-CoV-2.
On the morning of the same day, HCDC said it would increase the quarantine period to 21 days for case contacts and people returning from epidemic areas such as Hai Duong and Quang Ninh.
Ho Chi Minh City Health Department recommends that hospitals activate the infection prevention and control system to the highest level of alert, reestablish quarantine rooms in the clinical ward, the treatment isolation area in accordance with regulations.
Medical Center Hotline Phone Number – Source: HCDC
Graphics: VIET THAI
