A worker fumigates a plane of Vietnam Airlines (Photo: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) – The crew members of Flight
VN0054, which several cases of infection boarded, have tested negative
for SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes the acute respiratory disease (COVID-19).
announced that aside from the
four pilots and 12 attendants on this flight, the 23 technicians who got on the
plane to examine it also haven’t shown any symptom of the disease.
All the staff have been sent to a concentrated
quarantine centre, according to the national flag carrier.
It added that since the outbreak of the disease,
its employees have been equipped with medical face masks, gloves and knowledge
about COVID-19 prevention and control.
The 17th infection case of Vietnam, also the
first in Hanoi, boarded Flight VN0054 from London to Hanoi, which landed at Noi
Bai International Airport at 4:30am of March 2. The country continually
recorded more cases who were also on this flight on the following days.
As of late March 9, Vietnam had confirmed 31
COVID-19 cases, 16 of them have fully recovered.
Also on March 9, authorities of Bac Ninh, Lao
Cai, Ninh Binh and Hai Duong said many people in these northern provinces were
negative for .
They included four workers of a company based in
Dai An Industrial Park of Hai Duong. The workers came to the house of the 17th
patient on Truc Bach street in Hanoi’s Ba Dinh district for interior repair,
the disease control centre of Hai Duong said.
The three female natives boarding
were also tested negative for the virus, and they are currently quarantined.
On March 9, the Hospital for Tropical Diseases
of Hai Duong also brought a man returning from the Republic of Korea to
quarantine as he showed cough and shortness of breath.
By the end of March 8, the province had
quarantined 1,100 people returning from coronavirus-hit areas, including 254 at
medical establishments and 846 at home.
In Ninh Binh, the four persons who were on Flight
VN0054 also tested negative for SARS-CoV-2, the province’s disease control
centre said.
As of March 9 afternoon, 155 people in Ninh Binh
had had their samples taken for testing, including one positive case which has
been sent to the provincial General Hospital for treatment and 148 others
negative.
The province currently has 1,515 people who
returned from coronavirus-hit areas but haven’t finished the 14-day quarantine
period, along with several others having contact with suspected cases. All have
been put under monitoring.
In Bac Ninh province, 32 suspected cases have
been reported, 25 of them found to be negative for the virus while the rest are
waiting for test results./.
Source: VietnamPlus
