The Medical Centre of HCM City’s District 8 on December 28 said it had quarantined 13 people that had close contact with a suspected COVID-19 case, while closing two locations the man had visited. (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – A 30-year-old driver inthe Mekong Delta province of An Giang who had close contact with COVID-19 Patient1,440 has tested negative for coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 once, a local officialsaid on December 29.
According to Le Van Phuoc, Vice Chairman of theprovincial People’s Committee and deputy head of the provincial steeringcommittee for COVID-19 prevention and control, the man was put into quarantineat a concentrated quarantine centre in Long Phu district in the Mekong Deltaprovince of Soc Trang on December 28.
An Giang has swiftly traced those having closecontact with the driver, and found 15 F2 cases who are also being quarantinedand waiting for COVID-19 testing results. All of them are in stable healthconditions.
The province has asked competent agencies to closelycoordinate with Vinh Long and Soc Trang provinces in contact tracing, whileworking to bust the illegal immigration ring.
Phuoc said An Giang has had no COVID-19 cases toreport to date, suggesting local residents not panic but maintain vigilance andfollow COVID-19 prevention and control measures.
Apart from the driver, other people who shared theseven-seater car with Patient 1,440 have also been quarantined at a medicalcentre in Truong Khanh commune, Long Phu district, Soc Trang province.
The steering committee for COVID-19 prevention andcontrol of Soc Trang province has promptly embarked on investigations andcontact tracing.
Tran Van Lau, Chairman of the People’s Committee ofSoc Trang, on December 28 signed two documents on intensifying preventivemeasures, asking departments, agencies and armed forces to join hands with themedical sector to review immigrants in the locality, especially foreigners.
He also urged inspecting COVID-19 prevention andcontrol at bus and railway stations, and public places to prevent the pandemicfrom spreading among the community.
According to Tran Thanh Thao, Director of TienGiang’s Health Department, both testing results of the F1 case beingquarantined at a medical centre in Cai Lay district, and another suspected caseat a medical centre in Cai Be district that are associated with Patient 1,440turned out negative.
Meanwhile, the HCM City Centre of Disease Controlsaid on December 29 that competent agencies of District 9 found a man whoillegally entered Vietnam together with Patients 1,440 and 1,451.
The man was spotted at a woodworking shop in LongBinh ward, District 9. He and 20 other people who had close contact with himhave been sent to quarantine in the district.
The district People’s Committee fenced off thewoodworking shop and continue with contact tracing.
Patient 1,440, a 32-year-old man,illegally entered Ho Chi Minh City from Cambodia, then travelled to Vinh Long.On the way to Vinh Long, he visited an eatery in southern Tien Giang provinceon December 24 morning.
He tested positive for SARS-CoV-2on December 25 night and is now being treated at a hospital in Vinh Long, saidthe Pasteur Institute in Ho Chi Minh City on December 26./.
VNA
