A worker at Tan Son Nhat International Airport has his sample taken for COVID-19 testing (Photo: VNA)HCM City (VNA) – has seen two
new cases testing positive for the on February 12 and
13, and both are linked with the hotbed in Tan Son Nhat International Airport.
The city’s centre for disease control (HCDC) said on
February 13 morning that the new patients are mother and son residing in
District 12.
The son, working at Tan Son Nhat Aiport, was an employee of
the Vietnam Airport Ground Services Co. Ltd (VIAGS), which has had some of its staff
members contracting COVID-19, but quit his job on February 1.
He was confirmed to be positive for the virus on February 13
morning while his mother one day earlier.
Relevant forces of HCM City has conducted epidemiological investigation
and traced contact with the patients, the HCDC said, noting that the city has
basically put this chain of infection under control and is continuing measures
to completely break the chain and carry out widespread screening tests in the
community.
As of February 13 morning, HCM City had recorded 33 infection
cases in the new resurgence of . Meanwhile,
the country’s total number of infections in the community has reached 555 since the outbreak began on January 27./.
Source: VietnamPlus
