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HCM City Center for Disease Control isolated 153 related people “1660 patients”, the test results in the middle of the afternoon registered 114 negative people, 39 waiting for the results.
Ho Chi Minh City health sector tracked 19 exposure cases, all had negative results, one person was waiting for the results. 134 passengers and flight crew on flights shared with patients are present in Ho Chi Minh City. Of which 95 cases have negative results, 39 are awaiting results.
The Ho Chi Minh City Hospital for Tropical Diseases announced on the afternoon of 1/2 the results of the sequencing of the gene “patient 1660”, infected with the UK nCoV variant. This patient’s strain of virus carries 17 typical mutations of strain B.1.17. This strain is believed to spread faster than previous nCoV strains, which is causing a strong outbreak of Covid-19 in the UK and other European countries.
“Patient 1660”, male, 28 years old, is the first case in Ho Chi Minh City related to the Hai Duong epidemic group. The patient arrived in Ho Chi Minh City at noon on January 28. On the evening of the same day, his family informed him that he was in close contact with “patient 1612”, so he took the initiative to report on medical care.
Regarding “patient 1801”, the case was found in Binh Duong, the Ho Chi Minh City health sector identified 40 cases, including the passengers and flight crew on flight VJ275. Of which 36 cases have samples to analyze without results, four cases are awaiting sampling. The city continues to verify the remaining cases with a residential address in the city, tracking patient contacts.
In recent days, the health sector has sampled 580 people out of 616 people who have reported medical records from Hai Duong, Quang Ninh and other places announced by the Ministry of Health. Among the trials, one positive case was recorded as “patient 1660”, 457 people tested negative and 122 were waiting for the test result.
The Ho Chi Minh City Center for Disease Control recommends that all passengers traveling on flights VN231, VJ275, people from Quang Ninh, Hai Duong, who have passed through the places announced by the Ministry of Health, follow in active contact. Local health authority of residence for medical isolation and sampling for tests. If the disease is not reported earlier, it will be strictly punished for the act of spreading the disease because it is not reported.
