Basically, COVID-19 threat in HCM city is contained as the city has applied social distancing in some regions and allowed students to have an early Tet holiday.
HCM city received an amount of more than 600 visitors today, and all of them had taken the mandatory medical declaration. CDC of the city said that they recognized 1 new case of COVID-19 today from the visitor groups that came to HCM city. The Southern city has contained the pandemic to some extents. HCM city will continue to track visitors from Hai Duong, Quang Ninh, Bac Ninh, and Hanoi so that new COVID-19 cases can be found quicker.
Until now, HCM city recorded in total a number of 167 infected cases of coronavirus, still treating for 15 patients at this moment. About 604 visitors that have come to Vietnam today, HCDC has collected testing serums of more than 550 cases. One new case announced was patient number 1660. About 382 people was negative with the virus while 173 other visitors are still waiting for the results.
Specifically, 7 people who had close contact with patient number 1660 were negative with the virus. Last week, HCDC has collected about 129 testing serums of people travelling to Chi Linh (Hai Duong) from Jan. 1st to Jan. 27th. Whereas, they acknowledged examination substances of more than 320 people travelling to Van Don International Airport of Quang Ninh.
HCDC will maintain this process in the upcoming month of February, and even during Tet holiday, the testing process will continue.
114 people who was in same flight of patient number 1660 will also be tested by the Center of Disease Control of Ho Chi Minh city. Hospitals, apartments, and hotels relate to patient number 1660 will be quarantined and sterilization by HCDC. For foreigners, they will have to follow quarantine obligation. Even Vietnamese people travel to other nations have to follow the mandatory quarantine.
Currently, Ho Chi Minh has quarantined a total of 2.875 people. While more than 200 people are home quarantined.
