Ho Chi Minh City Added Positive COVID-19 Case Involving Tan Son Nhat Airport



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The patient is a female, born 1975, living in Dong Hung Thuan Ward, District 12, HCMC.

She is a family member (mother) of an employee of the cargo handling division of Vietnam Airport Ground Services Company (VIAGS) and is checking goods at GGM Company – Tan Binh 2 Industrial Park.

The patient was examined for the first exam on February 9 and had negative results. However, on February 11, her test sample came back positive for the SARS-CoV-2 virus and she was transferred to the Cu Chi field hospital for treatment.

Currently the patient’s health is stable, with a low fever.

Mr. Lam Quan Minh Vuong, Chairman of the Dong Hung Thuan Ward People’s Committee, District 12, said:In this case, the authorities isolated two more close contact cases (F1) that were neighbors of the patient.

He also said that out of 11 households with 37 people in Dong Hung Thuan 08 alley (Dong Hung Thuan district) were blocked and sampled earlier, tomorrow 13-2, the authorities will expand to take samples, 15 more households in the alley.

BeforeAfter testing the employee’s household, the result showed positive signs, so the medical department conducted only one test. When the single test was split, the woman’s mother tested positive for COVID-19.

The employee himself and his sister Negative result of the first test for COVID-19 and was quarantined in Cu Chi.

Previously, from February 6 to 10, Ho Chi Minh City recorded 33 cases of COVID-19 in the community, of which 8 cases were in the same group of loading, unloading, organizing and supervising luggage and cargo at the airport. Tan Son Nhat (under the VIAGS company).

The remaining 25 cases are family members, friends … of Tan Son Nhat airport staff who were exposed to COVID-19 (i.e. F1). These 25 participants were F2 but were positive for COVID-19 while all F1 test results were negative.

Faced with the complicated developments of COVID-19, Ho Chi Minh City has blocked many areas related to cases; At the same time, to ensure the safety of passengers arriving and departing from Tan Son Nhat airport, the city requires those who work at the airport to take samples every day, only if the test result is negative (the experience of the test is worth every day). Get to work.

The city also requires people to limit crowds, strictly adhere to 5K as recommended by the Ministry of Health …


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