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At the emergency meeting on the evening of January 28 on the prevention of the Covid-19 epidemic, the Ministry of Health reported that after conducting a rapid test in the Hai Duong outbreak, 11 more positive cases were found for SARS-CoV-2, Quang Ninh 2 more and Hai Phong also reported 1 positive. Thus, in the Hai Duong outbreak, there were 83 recorded cases, while the Van Don (Quang Ninh) outbreak had 13 positive cases for SARS-CoV-2.
Health Minister Nguyen Thanh Long is chairing an online meeting with Quang Ninh and Hai Duong Health Department on preventing the Covid-19 epidemic.
So far, Hai Duong province has also confirmed 237 F1 cases, including 60 cases outside the community, 117 cases in POYUN Company Limited. The authorities announced that some F1 subjects will stay in Hanoi, Bac Giang, Quang Ninh.
In Hai Phong, the Hai Phong Health Department has a quick report on a positive case at Hai Phong Children’s Hospital. In which, the mother went to work at POYUN Co., Ltd., returned to the town on January 24, then developed a fever. The mother’s test result was negative, the child had 3 times the positive result for SARS-CoV-2.
At the meeting, Health Minister Nguyen Thanh Long stated that the epidemic situation in Hai Duong was much more serious. Mr. Long asked Hai Duong and Quang Ninh provinces to be ready with scripts and modern equipment to expand 3 more field hospitals that would be deployed on the night of January 28 to be ready to treat patients.
The Health Minister suggested that people passing through Van Don Airport in Chi Linh City from January 15 until now should contact a doctor immediately.
The Minister of Health requires that all passengers traveling from Van Don and Chi Linh airports to another locality from January 15 until now must contact the health authority to receive instructions on sampling and quarantine at home, because the strain spreads very quickly. “Those who participate in activities such as weddings, intercessions, parties … who have patients must make each person known, and track each person. This should be done immediately, due to the possibility of spreading from two outbreaks. This is very high because the new SARS-CoV-2 strain spreads very quickly, possibly higher than 70% calculated by the world ”- emphasized the head of the health sector.
Currently, the entire city of Chi Linh (Hai Duong) is blocked. Particularly on January 28, the authorities took samples for almost 5,000 cases in Hai Duong, particularly in POYUN Co., Ltd., where BN1552 works, has 2,340 workers. Of these, 1,780 people were sampled. The rest continue to be sampled.
Representatives from the Quang Ninh Health Department said about the Van Don airport outbreak, at 16 p.m. on January 28, the province identified 851 people who contacted Covid-19 patients, of whom 609 samples were taken. cases.
The Health Minister instructed Da Nang medical staff who had experience in handling similar situations in July and August 2020 to help Hai Duong perform well in treating Covid-19 patients. “The Ministry of Health has put all its forces to help Hai Duong to quickly locate and quell the epidemic in the area” – said the Minister of Health.
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