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COVID-19 test at the Hospital for Tropical Diseases – Photo: DUYEN PHAN
27-12 in the afternoon, talk to Online youthMr. Nguyen Minh Nhut, Chairman of the Binh Tan District People’s Committee (Ho Chi Minh City), said that the Steering Committee for the Prevention of COVID-19 Epidemics identified an F1 case of a 1440 patient as a car driver 16-seat passenger. Mr. TTD (who resides in Binh Tan district), used to transport 1440 patients from Ho Chi Minh City to Vinh Long.
Driver D. is currently isolated in the Binh Tan District Isolation Area and has a first negative result for COVID-19. The F2 conductor contact cases were isolated at home. The driver’s residence is not blocked.
As Online youth Information, 1440 patients reported on December 15 by car from Myanmar to Taksin province, Thailand. On December 23, the patient and six other people entered Cambodia by truck, and on the morning of December 24, with two other people, they illegally crossed the border into Vietnam through the border in Tay Ninh province.
At 5:00 am on December 24, the patient continued to get on a truck to go to Ho Chi Minh City and did not remember the name of the driver and contact person during the trip. At approximately 7:00 am on December 24, the patient continued to pick up a 16-seat car (not sure which company car was), returned to Vinh Long, and stopped at the Minh Phat scale (district by Cai Be, Tien Giang). Traveling with the patient in a car with 4 people but not sitting in the same row.
Upon arriving in the city of Vinh Long, the patient continued to take a motorcycle taxi to go home to the Mang Thit district and the relative reported him to the authorities. On noon 25-12, the Vinh Long health agency performed the isolation, took samples for testing and on the night of the same day the results of the Pasteur Institute showed positive results for COVID-19.
According to the Steering Committee for the Prevention of the COVID-19 Epidemic in Vinh Long Province on December 27, 1440 patients are currently isolated and treated at the Hospital for Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases in Vinh Long Province, health it is stable, there is no cough, fever …
Through traceability and review, the health sector has identified 15 F1 cases that have had close contact with 1,440 patients, and they have been isolated and tested in accordance with regulations. The test results have 13 negative cases for the first time for the SARS-CoV-2 virus, and 2 cases have just taken samples for analysis on the morning of December 27, awaiting the results.
In addition, the health sector has also identified 122 cases of F2, currently isolated at home under the supervision of the health sector and local authorities.
The delegation from the Pasteur Institute of Ho Chi Minh City went to Vinh Long
On December 27, the delegation of the Pasteur Institute of Ho Chi Minh City headed by Associate Professor Dr. Phan Trong Lan, head of the delegation, had a meeting with the Steering Committee for the prevention of epidemic diseases COVID-19 at the Vinh Long province after discovery. case number 1440 (32 years old, resident in Mang Thit district, Vinh Long province).
Vinh Long Provincial People’s Committee Chairman Lu Quang Ngoi said the province is dramatically focusing on solutions to treat COVID-19 patients, and continues to carefully and accurately review cases with close contact from the patient. to the territory of Vinh Long province for isolation and surveillance.
Along with that, the province also actively coordinates with neighboring towns to verify the exact route that the patient has passed, the places where the patient has ever visited, from there to quickly and accurately track the following cases. close contact with patients on the way back to the country, limit the spread of the disease to the community …
At the meeting, Associate Professor Dr. Phan Trong Lan greatly appreciated Vinh Long Province’s involvement in early detection of cases of illegal entry and return; implement well zoning work, rapid case tracking in close contact with patients, limiting the spread of the epidemic to the community …
He suggest that the Vinh Long province health sector should focus on good treatment for COVID-19 patients in the area, encouraging the patient to cooperate effectively in treatment. For cases of close contact with 1440 patients, it is necessary to isolate, monitor health and perform tests according to the prescribed procedures and time;
Continuous review and expanded investigation to track all cases of close contact with the patient; Coordinating with neighboring provinces to redefine the route the patient traveled, quickly and accurately track F1 cases to reduce the risk of the disease spreading to the community.
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