Blockade put around the apartment building where the stayed on Su Van Hanh street of District 5 (Photo: VNA) (VNA) – The Medical Centre of HCM
City’s District 8 on December 28 said it had quarantined 13 people that had close
contact with a suspected COVID-19 case, while closing two locations the man had
visited.
Samples from the quarantined people are being tested,
while others that had contact with them were asked to .
On December 27, the centre received information about
the suspected case, a 23-year-old man who resides in District 5. He had
earlier entered Vietnam illegally.
After tracing the man’s movements, the centre found 13
people that had close contact with him and identified two places he visited –
the ABU restaurant on Bong Sao street in District 8 and the Su Su karaoke parlour
on National Highway No.50 in District 8.
The centre sprayed chemicals around the two locations while
calling on people who had been there previously to make health declarations at
medical centres.
The apartment building where the man stayed on Su Van
Hanh street of District 5 has been blocked for spraying.
Meanwhile, the Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control of the
Mekong Delta province of Hau Giang has sought people who had close contact with
Patient 1440 who had earlier illegally entered the neighbouring province of
Vinh Long.
According to the committee, three unknown women were
on the same coach with the patient. One of them got off at Hung Loi bridge in
Can Tho city before getting on another coach to Cai Tac township of Chau Thanh
A district in Hau Giang. The following movements of the women have yet to be
defined.
The committee asked authorized agencies to publicise
the information on mass media, so that people who moved from Ho Chi Minh City
to Hau Giang on December 24 aboard a coach with plate number of 53N-7649 as
well as those having close contact with Patient 1440 to make health
declarations at the nearest medical centre or via hotline 0961 653 088./.
Source: VietnamPlus
