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HCMCPatients 1347, 1348, and 1349 do not have any typical Covid-19 symptoms, such as fever, cough, shortness of breath, and high risk of infection.
Mr. Nguyen Tan Binh, Director of the City Health Department of HCM, said this information at the meeting of the Steering Committee for the prevention and control of the city of Covid-19, on the afternoon of December 3.
The source of transmission for these three patients was identified as “patient 1342”, the 28-year-old flight attendant for Vietnam Airlines. This flight attendant is classified by the Ministry of Health as infected in an isolated area, currently in a stable state of health, just a little tired, coughing. Three community-transmitted patients 1,347, 1,348, and 1,349 not only had no symptoms, but were still in good health both before and after testing positive for nCoV.
“Patients do not have common clinical symptoms such as fever, cough, shortness of breath, so the risk of infection is very high,” said Binh.
Number of people exposed F1 (near) and F2 (exposure exposure) four patients, until 14:00 on 3/12 up to 2,344 people.
During the epidemics, Vietnam noted Many Covid-19 patients have no symptoms. According to a June study by doctors at Ho Chi Minh City Hospital for Tropical Diseases, asymptomatic nCoV infections are still at risk in the community.
Dr. Nguyen Van Vinh Chau, director of the Ho Chi Minh City Hospital for Tropical Diseases, said that asymptomatic nCoV infection is a fairly common situation, accounting for a high proportion (about 40%), increasing the risk of infection plus. copper. These people can transmit VOCs to contacts through droplets of saliva while talking or coughing.
According to the Director of the City Health Department, four patients have very complex travel schedules, to 9 of the 24 districts of the city, including districts 1, 3, 6, 10, 11, Phu Nhuan, Binh Tan, Tan Binh, Tan Phu. In particular, many public, crowded places such as airports, cafes, cafes, hospitals, gyms … The one-year-old also follows his parents and the “patient 1347” to many places, including fairs, pagodas.
In particular, two patients 1347, 1349 are teachers and students of two English centers. The classroom environment is cramped, cramped, and air-conditioned, so all students in the classes these two attend are counted as F1.
All 852 F1 of four patients had test results, in addition to the three published positives (1347, 1348, 1349), the rest were negative. In the case of F2 having 1492 people, 1344 samples tested negative, while 148 samples awaited the results. The total number of tests so far this afternoon has come out at 2,196.
The city’s health sector continues to track, avoiding the omission of relevant people, in all updated locations. All F1s have been concentrated in quarantine in the district. The f2s had to undergo home isolation, take a test sample, and wait for the F1 results. The city temporarily blocked, disinfected the whereabouts and places where patients had arrived.
At the same time, Ho Chi Minh City actively retrieves information for other provinces such as Da Nang, Dong Nai, Quang Ninh … Someone has been in contact with patients to have strict medical supervision measures.
The meeting of the Steering Committee for the prevention of the Covid-19 epidemic in Ho Chi Minh City, on the afternoon of December 3. Image: Ho Chi Minh City Press Center.
According to Mr. Nguyen Thanh Phong, Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee, “patient 1342” as of 12/12 has only 14 days of isolation.
“This afternoon, the city has not registered new cases in the community. However, do not be reassured with the development of the epidemic in the coming days is still very unpredictable,” emphasized Mr. Phong.
The municipal leader added that there is a situation in which patients have not voluntarily reported the schedules, which is “irresponsible with themselves, their family and the community, causing terrible damage.” He called on the health sector to urgently control the epidemic more quickly. People in daily life and at work must actively protect themselves by restraining and refusing to come into contact with people who do not wear masks.
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