Two cases of nCoV infection in Saigon contacted more than 100 people 2
At the press conference on information about the Covid-19 epidemic situation and the response work of Ho Chi Minh City on the afternoon of July 29, Doctor Nguyen Tri Dung, Director of the Ho Chi Minh City Center for Disease Control (Ho Chi Minh City Department of Health) gave
Of these, 81 test samples of close and indirect contacts at City Hospital were negative, and 27 cases at Cho Ray Hospital that had contact with patients were also negative.
Doctor Nguyen Tri Dung, Director of the Ho Chi Minh City Center for Disease Control, at the press conference on the afternoon of July 29.
This afternoon, two patients were announced by the Ministry of Health to be positive for nCoV.
`Patient 449` who previously lived in Da Nang had respiratory symptoms in late June, was admitted to Hoan My Da Nang Hospital, and on July 6 was transferred to Da Nang General Hospital.
On July 21, both people were transferred from Da Nang General Hospital to Cho Ray Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City by ambulance.
On July 28, the patient tested positive and was transferred to the Hospital for Tropical Diseases last night.
`Patient 450` is her husband’s caregiver. Symptoms appeared on July 26. Test results were also positive for nCoV later.
Police and militia blocked in front of the hotel where the patient used to stay, on Nguyen Chi Thanh Street, District 11, at noon on July 29.
On the morning of July 29, due to connection with these two cases, City International Hospital in Binh Tan district announced to stop accepting patients.
Last night, the health sector sprayed, disinfected and blocked the hotel on Nguyen Chi Thanh Street (District 11), opposite Cho Ray Hospital, because it was related to two cases of nCoV infection.
In addition, the alley on Hoang Ngan Street, Ward 16, District 8 – where `patient 450` visited – was also blocked.
Thus, in the past five days, the country recorded 34 community infections.
The total number of infected cases is 450, of which 369 people have recovered, while 81 people are being treated.
More than 16,000 people who had close contact and entered the country from the epidemic area were quarantined.
The world recorded about 660,000 deaths in more than 16.8 million infections in 213 countries.
Vietnam has not recorded any deaths due to nCoV.
