Illustrative image (Photo: VNA) An Giang (VNA) – Many
F1 and F2 cases who contacted COVID-19 patient No.1440 at an eatery in My Duc
Dong commune, Cai Be district, the have
been put under urgent , said Director of the provincial Health
Department Tran Thanh Thao on December 27.
The 32-year-old male patient illegally entered Ho Chi Minh City from
Cambodia, then travelled to Vinh Long. On the way to Vinh Long, he visited an
eatery in Tien Giang on December 24 morning.
He tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 on December 25 night and is under
quarantine at a hospital in Vinh Long, said the Pasteur Institute in Ho Chi
Minh City on December 26.
All cases under quarantine are in stable condition.
Also on December 27, a delegation from the HCM City Pasteur Institute had a working session with the steering committee for prevention and control of Vinh Long province, where the patient is being treated
Earlier on the same day, Vice Chairman of the An Giang provincial People’s
Committee Le Van Phuoc said the patient No.1440 changed his travelling
declaration, saying that he illegally entered Vietnam via Long Binh border gate
in An Giang instead of Moc Bai border gate in the southern province of Tay
Ninh.
Chairman of the An Giang provincial People’s
Committee asked border guards and military commands, public security force and
authorities of districts, towns and cities, especially five border districts,
to enhance border patrols round the clock at open trails.
The provincial Department of Information and
Communications was urged to work closely with relevant units to popularise
prevention measures at markets, shopping malls, religious establishments and
public transport means.
The provincial Health Department was assigned to
keep close track of the pandemic at home and abroad to offer timely
consultations to the provincial authorities about effective anti-pandemic
measures./.
Source: VietnamPlus
