Infection

Four staff members at Ho Chi Minh City’s Tan Son Nhat International Airport have tested positive for SARS-CoV-2, raising the total number of patients in the country to 2,005, the Ministry of Health reported on Monday morning.  Illustrative photo According to the ministry's report, the four men aged between 28-41 work at the same unit with another staff at the airport who was previously confirmed as Covid-19 patient. The four new patients are now being treated at the Cu Chi Field Hospital for Covid-19 patients. With these new infection cases, the number of imported Covid-19 patients in Vietnam has increased to 2,005, including 1,115 locally-transmitted cases with 422 cases reported since the new outbreak started in Hai Duong on January 28. As of 6 am on February 8, a total of 1,472 Covid-19 patients had recovered and been discharged from hospital. There have been 35 deaths, most of them being the elderly with serious underlying diseases. At present, as many as 83,104 people who had close contact with Covid-19 patients or returned from virus-hit areas are being monitored at hospitals, quarantine facilities, and at home. …

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Medical workers takes blood sample for SARS-CoV-2 testing. (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam logged four locally-transmitted COVID-19 infections in Ho Chi Minh City in the past 12 hours as of 6am on February 8, according to the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control. All the new patients are men who work as baggage handlers at Tan Son Nhat International Airport, and belong to the same team with Patient 1,979 that was confirmed positive with the coronavirus over the weekend. The patients are now put under quarantine and treated at Cu Chi COVID-19 treatment hospital. Vietnam has recorded 2,005 SARS-CoV-2 infections so far. Of the total, 1,115 are locally-transmitted cases, with 422 detected since the latest coronavirus outbreak hit the nation on January 27. According to the Treatment Sub-committee under the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control, 1,472 COVID-19 patients have recovered. Among the patients still under treatment, 17 have tested negative for the virus one, six twice, and three thrice. Thirty- five died from complications related to the disease. There are 83,104 people who had close contact with confirmed cases or coming from pandemic-hit regions are under quarantine at present, including 759 at hospitals, 24,098 at other quarantine sites and 58,247 at home. In a bid to live safely with the pandemic, people should strictly follow the Ministry of Health’s 5K message: khau trang (facemask), khu khuan (disinfection), khoang cach (distance), khong tu tap (no gathering) and khai bao y te (health declaration)./. VNA …

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Ho Chi Minh City's authorities on Monday morning imposed a blockade on a neighborhood in District 12 after a local resident had been confirmed as a new infection case the same day. Local authorities have blocked part of an alley near the house of patient No. 2,004, on TL04 Street in District 12’s Thanh Loc Ward. Foods and drinks have been distributed to local households at door. Local authorities are conducting blockade at an alley on TL04 Street in District 12’s Thanh Loc Ward in Ho Chi Minh City on February 8, 2021 to prevent COVID-19 spread. Photo: Nhat Thinh/ Tuoi Tre Earlier, the city on late Sunday night also imposed an emergency lockdown on the Ma Lang neighborhood with 1,900 residents in District 1’s Nguyen Cu Trinh Ward to take samples for COVID-19 tests and sterilize the area, as a local resident had been suspected and later confirmed as one of the four new infection cases in the city. The patient has been identified to not have contact with many people, however, the large number of residents plus small paths in the area put the neighborhood at a high risk of infection. Local authorities seal off Ho Chi Minh City’s Ma Lang neighborhood in District 1’s Nguyen Cu Trinh Ward on the night of February 7,2021. Photo: Dan Thuan/ Tuoi Tre The two patients were among the four new cases of locally-transmitted COVID-19 announced early Monday morning, with all being staff members at Ho Chi Minh City’s Tan Son Nhat International Airport. They are identified to be residents at Tan Binh District’s Ward 15, District 12’s Trung My Tay and Thanh Loc wards, and District 1’s Nguyen Cu Trinh Ward. In an effort to curb the spread of the pandemic, the Ho Chi Minh City Center for Disease Control asked Tan Binh District’s medical center to take samples for COVID-19 tests on 300 people on Sunday night. Local authorities fence off Ho …

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