The otherwise crowded and busy Tan Son Nhat airport in HCM City is quiet amidst the COVID-19 outbreak. (Photo: VNA) HCM City (VNA) – The International Health Quarantine
Centre of Ho Chi Minh City on June 1 said it has detected a Vietnamese woman
with an who had a fever.
The woman was detected on May 28 at the local Tan Son Nhat International
Airport. Earlier, after entering the northern mountainous province of Cao Bang
by trails, she travelled to the Noi Bai International Airport in Hanoi and took
a flight to HCM City.
Relevant municipal agencies have sent the woman to
quarantine and collected her sample for COVID-19 test. The initial test result
was negative for the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 that causes the disease.
After receiving the news, Deputy Minister of Health and
deputy head of the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and
Control Do Xuan Tuyen on May 31 directed the HCM City Health Department to take
preventive measures and inform relevant agencies to carry out such measures.
The committee also sent urgent dispatches to the Ministry of
Defence and Cao Bang People’s Committee, stressing the intensification of
controlling unauthorised entry via trails. If a unit lets such entry take
place, it must take full responsibility for the problem. People detecting
unauthorised entries in the community, meanwhile, ought to report it
immediately to authorities.
Vietnam recorded no cases on June 2 morning,
marking 47 days in a row without new infections in the community./.
Source: VietnamPlus
