Isolation area for patients at the Hospital for Tropical Diseases in Ho Chi Minh City. (Photo: VNA)HCM City (VNA) – As the was put under quarantine upon her arrival at Tan Son Nhat airport in Ho Chi Minh City, she did not come
into contact with anyone in the community, hence a zero risk of community
infection, a health official confirmed.
At a regular press conference on October 20 by the municipal steering board for pandemic prevention, control and economic recovery, Deputy Director of the Ho Chi Minh City Centre for Disease Control (HCDC) Nguyen Hong Tam also said there is not enough information to confirm that the two patients were in contact.
Tuyen Quang, who visited Dubai from September 29 to October 18. Her symptoms
such as fever, nausea and blisters started on October 11.
She and the first monkeypox patient in , who has
recovered, lived in the same accommodation in Dubai but in different periods of
time as the latter visited the UAE city between July and September 22.
After first receiving the information about the second
patient, the HCDC and Tan Son Nhat Airport medical team took her into
quarantine right after her arrival at the airport for testing. She was then
taken to the Hospital for Tropical Diseases for diagnosis and
treatment. The plane she was on was also disinfected.
According to the official, the municipal options in response
to the virus remain the same, with communications activities intensified to
raise public awareness of giving prompt notifications to the authorities when
detecting suspicious symptoms./.
Source: VietnamPlus
