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In public places like the Saigon train station, there are signs reminding people to wear masks – Photo: NGOC PHUONG
Regarding 2 cases of COVID-19 infection in Ho Chi Minh City, on the night of November 30, the Ho Chi Minh City Health Department reported that the authorities took samples for analysis, quarantined 235 people, of which 157 were isolated. reunited and 72 people isolated at home; At the same time, block the places that these 2 patients used to visit.
Consequently, on November 30, in Ho Chi Minh City, 2 new cases of COVID-19 were identified as a patient 1342 (male, born in 1992, Vietnamese nationality, Vietnam Airlines flight attendant) and sick 1347 (male, born in 1988, Vietnamese nationality, English teacher, friend of patient 1342).
Currently, both patients are being treated in isolation at the Cu Chi field hospital.
By monitoring the travel schedule of 2 patients, the Department of Health determined that 1,342 patients had close contact with 5 people and distant contact with 32 other people. 17 people were placed in central isolation, 20 people were isolated in their homes. Of the 37 people exposed to 1342 patients, 36 were negative, a close contact had a positive result on the morning of November 30, which was Patient 1347.
This English teacher has been in close contact with 146 people, including 109 people in District 10, 21 people in Tan Binh District, 7 people in District 6, 9 people in Binh Tan District. All of these cases are put into quarantine and samples are taken centrally, awaiting results. In addition, 52 remote home contacts were isolated and samples were taken for testing.
It is known that before detecting the disease, patient 1347 went to many places like Key English English Center in District 10 and Tan Binh District, private home in District 6, Cafeteria in Highland Van Hanh Mall and karaoke bar upstairs Thanh Thai Street, District 10.
The Department of Health has issued urgent notices to people on the 1347 patient contact locations (address in District 6, 2 English language centers, cafes, karaoke …) to find contacts. inform the health sector to receive medical advice, tests, tests and quarantine in accordance with regulations. Continue to expand traceability research, looking for all travel locations and patient contacts (F1, F2); Concentrated insulation for all close contact.
The city’s health sector also implements measures to prevent and control epidemics in the homes of 2 patients and the surrounding homes, manage hygiene and disinfection, take samples for analysis and isolate in the homes of people living nearby. .
The Health Department also ordered the transfer of all Vietnam Airlines flight attendants to the isolation room in Cu Chi and terminated the operation of the Vietnam Airlines quarantine facility to carry out decontamination.
The Department requested to suspend all contact locations of patients to disinfect, including residential areas, 2 Key English English centers, cafeterias, karaoke…; Isolation and home testing for all employees, security guards, guards at English centers, waiters in cafeterias, karaoke bars …
