Many F1 and F2 cases who contacted COVID-19 patient No.1440 at an eatery in My Duc Dong commune, Cai Be district, the Mekong Delta province of Tien Giang have been put under urgent quarantine, said Director of the provincial Health Department Tran Thanh Thao on December 27.
An Giang (VNA) - ManyF1 and F2 cases who contacted COVID-19 patient No.1440 at an eatery in My DucDong commune, Cai Be district, the Mekong Delta province of Tien Giang havebeen put under urgent quarantine, said Director of the provincial HealthDepartment Tran Thanh Thao on December 27.
The 32-year-old male patient illegally entered Ho Chi Minh City fromCambodia, then travelled to Vinh Long. On the way to Vinh Long, he visited aneatery in Tien Giang on December 24 morning.
He tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 on December 25 night and is underquarantine at a hospital in Vinh Long, said the Pasteur Institute in Ho ChiMinh City on December 26.
𓄧 All cases under quarantine are in stable condition.
Also on December 27, a delegation from the HCM City Pasteur Institute had a working session with the steering committee for COVID-19 prevention and control of Vinh Long province, where the patient is being treated
Earlier on the same day, Vice Chairman of the An Giang provincial People’sCommittee Le Van Phuoc said the patient No.1440 changed his travellingdeclaration, saying that he illegally entered Vietnam via Long Binh border gatein An Giang instead of Moc Bai border gate in the southern province of TayNinh.
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▨ The provincial Health Department was assigned tokeep close track of the pandemic at home and abroad to offer timelyconsultations to the provincial authorities about effective anti-pandemicmeasures./.
One new case of COVID-19 was detected in the past 24 hours to 6pm December 26, which was a person illegally entering the country in Vinh Long who was immediately put into quarantine, according to the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control.
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