Illustrative image (Photo: VNA) transmission of the from January 28 to February 3, according
to Vice Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Chu Xuan Dung.
During an online meeting of the National Steering Committee on COVID-19
Prevention and Control, chaired by Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam on February
3, Dung said the most concerning case is a notary officer who is an F1 case of Patient
No. 1814. There are 22 F1 cases relating to this man, due to his travel to many
localities.
He added that all F1 cases would be tested for the virus on February 3.
Of the 653 F1 cases of 21 patients, 17 tested positive and are
now under quarantine. All 5,415 F2 cases are being quarantined at home.
Hanoi collected samples for testing from 17,752 people coming to the
capital from Chi Linh city in Hai Duong province since January 1 and from Quang
Ninh province since January 5. Four were found to be infected with the virus.
Dung said that 1,118 people are now under quarantine in Hanoi. Since January
27, local hospitals have provided health check-ups for 1,539 patients exhibiting
the symptoms of coughing, high temperatures, and breathing problems. All tested
negative.
Municipal authorities have asked restaurants, karaoke parlours, bars,
discotheques, gaming centres, and internet cafés to suspend operations.
Festivals must change their schedules, and people failing to wear a mask
outdoors will be seriously punished.
The committee said that
because many patients had travelled to different places and the new variant
spreads more rapidly, more locally-transmitted cases may be recorded in the
capital in the near future./.
Source: VietnamPlus
