Vĩnh Long: A person infected with Covid-19 crosses the border from Myanmar, Thailand and Cambodia to Vietnam | News



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On December 26, Mr. Lu Quang Ngoi, Chairman of the Vinh Long Provincial People’s Committee, confirmed that the same morning, the province had to convene an emergency meeting to focus on a response solution related to an immigration case from Covid-19. illegally from Cambodia to the locality.

The positive case of Covid-19 has a complicated travel route

According to the authorities’ initial investigation, on December 15, Mr. T. traveled by truck from Myanmar to the Mae Sot district, Tax province, Thailand, on the morning of December 16. Mr. T. stayed in Thailand until 22:00 on December 22, then followed the truck (sitting in the back of the car, did not remember the driver and license plate) and 6 other people moved to Cambodia and stayed temporarily in the waiting house.

Around 15-16 hours on December 23, Mr. T. and two people in the previous waiting house (both Vietnamese) illegally crossed the border back to Vietnam.

Around 1 to 2 pm on December 24, Mr. T. was taken to a truck and taken to the border gate in Tay Ninh province. Mr. T. clearly remembers only that the driver was male and was taken to the Tay Ninh border gate, but he did not know the name of the gate.

At approximately 5 pm on the same day, Mr. T. arrived at the border gate, encountered a truck carrying goods, and then sat in the back of the car to drive to Ho Chi Minh City. This patient then moved from Ho Chi Minh City to Vinh Long in a 16-seat car. Mr. T. stated that he moved from Ho Chi Minh City in a white / silver car, in a car with 4 people and did not sit in the same row.

During the process back to Vinh Long, Mr. T. stopped at the Minh Phat (H.Cai Be, Tien Giang) bus stop during the period from 7:30 a.m. to 7:30 a.m. on December 24 . At approximately 8 o’clock on the same day, Mr. T. visits the mother’s house to get the key and the car. On the way, Mr. T. visited the grocery store to buy cigarettes. After meeting his mother, T. went to his own home in Nhon Phu Commune, H.Mang Thit Commune.

Upon receiving the information, Mr. T.’s mother came to report to the authorities for investigation, supervision and quarantine concentrated at Mang Thit District Medical Center around 6:00 p.m. on December 24.

On the morning of December 25, the Vinh Long Center for Disease Control carried out the first sampling for the SARS-CoV-2 test and sent it to the Pasteur Institute in Ho Chi Minh City. The test result was positive for Covid-19, so Mr. T. was quarantined at Vinh Long Hospital for Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases. Currently, Mr. T. has no symptoms of fever, cough, shortness of breath, good contact.

Difficulty zoning F1, F2

Vinh Long Province Health Department leads Vinh Long Province Center for Disease Control to coordinate with Mang Thit District Medical Center, Vinh Long Province Police to investigate, monitor epidemiology , take samples and report. information on any contact with Mr. T ..

Mang Thit District Police initially identified 7 people in close contact (F1) with Mr. T., 107 cases were F2.

Currently, 7 F1 cases have been sampled and isolated, pending the results of the Covid-19 test.
Vinh Long: a person infected with Covid-19 crosses the border from Myanmar, Thailand and Cambodia to Vietnam - photo 1

The Covid-19 epidemic prevention force in Vinh Long province is concentrating all its forces to implement measures to track and prevent epidemics.

The fact that T. infected Covid-19 but did not remember the places, contacts and means of transport made the epidemiological investigation and F1 zoning difficult as well as the implementation of traceability and prevention measures. Disease.

Currently, the Vinh Long Province Health Department has notified the Tay Ninh, Ho Chi Minh City and Tien Giang Provinces Health Sector to coordinate the search for F1 cases, having close contact with Mr. T . during the process. moved from the Moc Bai border gate to Vinh Long, to actively prevent and control the risk of Covid-19 infection.

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