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COVID-19-positive flight attendant violates quarantine regulations: Authority

The male flight attendant who was confirmed as COVID-19 Patient No.1342 violated disease prevention regulations while under concentrated and stay-at-home quarantine, thus making him and another man (Patient No.1347) be infected with the SARS-CoV-2, Ho Chi Minh City’s Health Department has affirmed.
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HCM City (VNA) – The male flight attendant who was confirmed asCOVID-19 Patient No.1342 violated disease prevention regulations while under concentratedand stay-at-home quarantine, thus making him and another man (Patient No.1347)be infected with the SARS-CoV-2, Ho Chi Minh City’s Health Department hasaffirmed.

According to the department, the Vietnam Airlines staff is acrewmember of Flight VN5021 from Japan to Can Tho on November 14.

While staying at a quarantine site of the national flagcarrier in Tan Binh district of Ho Chi Minh City from November 14 to 18, thepatient had contact with a colleague who is Patient 1325 serving on anotherflight.

After testing negative for the coronavirus twice, Patient1342 was allowed to undergo self-quarantine at his boarding house in Tan Binhdistrict.

During this period, the patient had close contact with hismother and two friends. The male friend came to share the house with Patient1342.

Patient 1342 had his sample collected for the third test onNovember 28, and the result was positive.

The three people having close contact with him wereimmediately quarantined and tested. Among them, the male friend is positive andbecame Patient 1347.

Nguyen Tri Dung, Director of the city’s Centre for DiseaseControl, said that Patient No.1342 lowered his guard against the pandemic anddid not abide by quarantine regulations, both at concentrated facility and athome, thus causing disease transmission.

The centre will tighten the implementation of quarantineregulations, he affirmed./.
VNA
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