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After registering the first positive case related to Hai Duong, the leaders of Ho Chi Minh City confirmed that the disease has not spread in the community, only runs the risk of penetrating from abroad.
On the morning of January 30, at the urgent online meeting of the City Steering Committee for the prevention of the Covid-19 epidemic, the vice president of the Popular Committee stated that the city had “assumed” the risk since the beginning of the epidemic. The greatest risk is epidemic diseases, which infiltrate from abroad into the city.
The city registered a 28-year-old man from Hai Duong this morning, who tested positive for NCV. Vice President Hoan said that with this case, although the health sector was in a passive position, it was resolved, tracked and isolated early. This person also voluntarily contacted local medical personnel after learning of the exposure to the case in Hai Duong.
“The epidemic has not yet spread to the community. The situation has not reached the point where stress measures have to be taken,” Hoan said. This is why the city decided to continue carrying out activities and events, according to the planned plan.
HCMC Vice President Vo Van Hoan speaking at the meeting. Image: Ho Chi Minh City Press Center.
The director of the Health Department, Nguyen Tan Binh, at the meeting also said that it is possible “to be temporarily calm” when the entire area of this positive hotel has been immediately frozen and disinfected. Four people in close contact (F1) and 12 people staying in the same hotel (F2) were isolated and tested. Currently 12 people test negative, the remaining samples are expected to test results within the day.
Mr. Binh expressed concern that more than 250 passengers on the same flight VN213 could not be traced with this suspect. These people probably moved to many neighboring HCMC provinces.
According to the vice president of the Popular Committee of the City, within 48 hours from January 28, when the Ministry of Health announced new cases in the community, the city strictly implemented the instructions, activating the entire system. Unit. The localities have already prepared the basic conditions to respond if the translation is complicated.
City leaders warned residents not to panic if they had to extend the quarantine period from 14 to 21 days. It is possible that the virus strain infecting this epidemic community is a new variant, spreading rapidly and incubating for a long time. Therefore, it is “very normal” to extend the detection, quarantine or trace extension time.
In order to control the epidemic well, the activities and events of the end of the year in the city are still carried out normally. However, it is necessary to ensure the prevention of epidemics, especially 5K, reduce the scale, shorten the organization time …
Letter Anh
