The information was said by Director of the Department of Health Nguyen Tan Binh at the meeting of Ho Chi Minh City’s Covid-19 Prevention Steering Committee at noon on July 28.
`Among the people in Da Nang who returned from July 1, 10 people had symptoms of respiratory illness and had to be quarantined immediately. To date, 8 people have tested negative,` Mr. Binh said, adding that in addition to 112 people.
The last passengers left Da Nang airport on the afternoon of July 27.
Ho Chi Minh City has gone 116 days without nCoV infection in the community.
The Director of Ho Chi Minh City Department of Health affirmed that the capacity of the city’s health sector can currently do more than 2,000 Covid-19 tests per day.
District medical facilities are required to coordinate with the government to continue screening people coming from Da Nang.
At the meeting, Director of the Southern Airport Authority Tran Doan Mau said that in the past three days, the number of visitors to Ho Chi Minh City from Da Nang and vice versa is gradually decreasing.
`The number of flights from Ho Chi Minh City to Da Nang is usually 30 departures and 30 arrivals per day. From 0:00 on July 28, Tan Son Nhat airport temporarily stopped operating flights for 14 days at the request of the Ministry of Transport.
The Director of the Southern Airport Authority said that currently, Ho Chi Minh City only requires health declaration for passengers leaving Da Nang, but taxi drivers around the airport do not yet.
Facing the risk of the epidemic breaking out again in Da Nang, Standing Vice Chairman of Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee Le Thanh Liem requested departments, branches and districts not to be subjective or negligent in prevention and control work.
Mr. Liem directed the Department of Health to activate sets of safety criteria in each industry and field and apply them flexibly in the new situation.
Meanwhile, City Party Secretary Nguyen Thien Nhan said that Vietnam has passed a new epidemic level with a high rate of spread.
City Party Secretary Nguyen Thien Nhan at the meeting of Ho Chi Minh City’s Covid-19 Prevention Steering Committee at noon on July 28.
Noting the situation of foreigners entering the country illegally, Mr. Nhan said that this is a high risk.
The City Party Secretary said that types of activities that are not absolutely necessary should be reduced;