Six COVID-19 Underground Entry Cases: Increase in F1, F2 | Society

Medical staff spray sterilize the workplace and workplace of SARS-CoV-2 positive youth in District 9, HCMC. Photo: Ngo Binh

As of the afternoon of December 29, Ho Chi Minh City had the latest COVID-19 test results from the group of 6 people who illegally entered Vietnam from Myanmar. That young man named TSK (SN 1997, Tra Vinh’s hometown) tested positive for SARS-CoV-2. Mr. K. told the authorities that he used to go to export labor from Myanmar, but that the work was not favorable, so he entered Vietnam illegally. Mr. K. accompanied the patient (BN) 1440 and BN1451.

After arriving in Ho Chi Minh City, Mr. K. took a motorcycle taxi to the bronze foundry factory in Long Buu neighborhood (Long Binh District, District 9, Ho Chi Minh City). Here, he applied for a job in a bronze foundry factory and rested at a boarding house in the Long Buu neighborhood. From December 25 to 26, Mr. K. just went to work at the factory and rested again in the departure lounge.

On December 27, he came home from work, walked to Nguyen Van Tang Street (District 9) to take a photo of his identity card, but could not find a photocopier, so he returned to the inn. The process continues, he wears a mask and does not come into contact with anyone. On December 28, he continued working at the copper smelter until the police arrived. During the work process, he had contact with workers from the copper smelter.

The bedroom and workplaces of SARS-CoV-2 positive youth are blocked. Photo: Ngo Binh

The Ho Chi Minh City health sector took samples to test COVID-19 for Mr. K. and the result was positive. On December 29, all the factories and motels where Mr. K. worked and stayed were temporarily blocked. The medical force has dispatched 16 people involved, including factory owners, workers and inn owners. Initially, all people who were exposed to Mr. K. tested negative for SARS-CoV-2.

According to the Vice Chairman of the 9th District People’s Committee, Mr. Nguyen Ngoc Cuong, Mr. K. claimed that he did not know that he was being searched. “This person, after getting out of the car in District 9, applied for a job at the local copper smelter and worked here as a worker. K. said that, in recent days, he did not read newspapers, did not search for news, so he did not know that he was being searched by the authorities and the medical force, ”said Mr. Cuong.

Before that, the HCMC authorities have tracked down many places where BN1451 used to go (Su Van Hanh apartment, ward 9, district 5). After arriving in Ho Chi Minh City on December 24, BN1451 and 3 people continued to travel in a 7-seat car to Nhai Lua Street (Binh Tan District), having coffee at 158 ​​Lua Street. The patient and his girlfriend went to the Rose Hotel (60 Street No. 9, Trung Son Residential Area, Binh Hung Commune, Binh Chanh District) to stay from December 24 to 27. He also went to VPBank at 9A Street, Trung Son KDC and the MobiFone branch at 313 An Duong Vuong (District 3, District 5). BN1451 with a friend went to Oc 49k near Trung Son roundabout for lunch, then back to the hotel. He went to Abu Goat Stew Shop (32/10 Bong Sao, Hall 5, District 8) with 4 friends, then went to Su Su Karaoke Bar in District 8.

On December 27, the patient arrived at his home on the fourth floor, room 423, block B, Su Van Hanh apartment. Staff from the medical station came to the patient’s home to collect a sample and transfer the patient to the patient’s isolation concentration. On the night of the same day, the patient tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 and was transferred to the Cu Chi Field Hospital at 10:00 p.m. on December 27.

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As of the night of December 29, Ho Chi Minh City isolated and sampled nearly a hundred F1 and F2 individuals from the mentioned COVID-19 cases, of which 60 were related to BN 1451 and 16 persons related to Mr. K. Ho Chi Minh City Disease Control Center is still being tracked, zoning with where the cases have been.

“We are not subjective, indifferent, but neither are we scared by the situation of the epidemic. In addition to increasing the implementation of preventive measures according to the “5K” message from the Ministry of Health, we must be alert to cases of illegal entry. If you detect cases of illegal entry, immediately inform the local authorities so that they are handled in accordance with the regulations. Immigrants must comply with quarantine regulations so as not to carry the risk of infection to their own families and the community, ”said the representative of the center.

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