Soldiers of the spray disinfectant to sterilise Truc Bach street of Hanoi (Photo: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) – Soldiers of the Chemistry Army and Military Medicine Department under
the on March 7 morning sprayed disinfectant to
sterilise Tran Vu and Truc Bach streets and surrounding areas in Hanoi’s Ba
Dinh district after a COVID-19 case was confirmed a day earlier.
The female
patient, residing on Hanoi’s Truc Bach street, was tested positive for the
novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 on March 6 and has been quarantined at the
.
Hanoi
authorities also put a section of Truc Bach street under quarantine.
During a meeting
of the city’s steering committee for prevention and control the same
day, Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Nguyen Duc Chung asked
relevant agencies to keep a close watch and enhance preventive measures on
areas around Hong Ngoc hospital, where the patient previously got medical
examination.
The city’s
Department of Health made a list of 33 people who had close contact with the
patient and 90 others who had close contact with the formers.
Samples of 27
out of the 33 above-said people were tested negative for SARS-CoV-2. Two other
suspected infection cases, including the patient’s driver and her aunt, have
not had test results yet while the six remainders were waiting for tests.
This is the 17th
COVID-19 infection case in Vietnam. The previous 16 patients have been
successfully cured and discharged from hospital.
The 26-year-old
patient earlier visited her sister in the UK, then travelled to Italy and
returned to Hanoi on March 1 on flight VN0054 of Vietnam Airlines.
Relevant units are
ordered to verify residence addresses of passengers onboard flight VN0054 and
inform local authorities so as to timely quarantine these people and monitor
their health in line with regulations./.
Source: VietnamPlus
