Kien Giang (VNA) – Phu Quoc island city in theMekong Delta province of Kien Giang have placed 26 people closely contacting thenew COVID-19 patients who illegally entered Vietnam, said a local official.
Contact tracing work toward F2 and F3 cases is underway, Chairmanof the municipal People’s Committee Huynh Quang Hung said at a virtualconference held on March 26 regarding the city’s pandemic prevention andcontrol.
The three new patients were among a group of 10 peopleillegally entered Vietnam on a fishing boat and arrived on Phu Quoc Island onMarch 22 morning.
After that, two of the group travelled to Ho Chi Minh City by boat and road, and one ofthem later tested positive for the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, while theother tested negative.
Meanwhile, two others of the group travelled to Hai Phong by air and both ofthem later received their positive COVID-19 test results.
Currently, Phu Quoc city is capable of organising quarantineplaces for a total of 500 people, according to Hung.
Chairing the meeting, Vice Chairman of the Kien Giang People’s Committee NguyenLuu Trung urged localities in Kien Giang to step up prevention and control workand stand ready for any domestic infections detected in the future./.
Contact tracing work toward F2 and F3 cases is underway, Chairmanof the municipal People’s Committee Huynh Quang Hung said at a virtualconference held on March 26 regarding the city’s pandemic prevention andcontrol.
The three new patients were among a group of 10 peopleillegally entered Vietnam on a fishing boat and arrived on Phu Quoc Island onMarch 22 morning.
After that, two of the group travelled to Ho Chi Minh City by boat and road, and one ofthem later tested positive for the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, while theother tested negative.
Meanwhile, two others of the group travelled to Hai Phong by air and both ofthem later received their positive COVID-19 test results.
Currently, Phu Quoc city is capable of organising quarantineplaces for a total of 500 people, according to Hung.
Chairing the meeting, Vice Chairman of the Kien Giang People’s Committee NguyenLuu Trung urged localities in Kien Giang to step up prevention and control workand stand ready for any domestic infections detected in the future./.
VNA