Ministry of Health announces Covid-19 patient entered the country illegally through a trail

Lan Anh DNUM_CGZBCZCACA 20:57

This evening, December 26, the Ministry of Health announced a new case of Covid-19, the patient had just illegally entered Vietnam through an opening whose location had not yet been verified.

According to the Ministry of Health, 1 new case (Patient 1440) is an illegal entrant and has been quarantined in Vinh Long. Specifically as follows:

CASE 1440 (BN1440): male, 32 years old, Vietnamese nationality, with an address in Nhon Phu commune, Mang Thit district, Vinh Long province. BN1440 is a case from Myanmar.illegal entry through open trails(location verification) at 2am 12/24 and returned home in Vinh Long.

Vĩnh Long đang khẩn trương truy vết các ca tiếp xúc gần với người nhập cảnh trái phép - Ảnh: CHÍ HẠNH
Vinh Long is urgently tracing cases of close contact with illegal immigrants. Photo: Chi Hanh

Immediately after returning home, the patient's family immediately notified the local police to quarantine and promptly collect samples in Vinh Long. On December 24, the Vinh Long Provincial Center for Disease Control collected samples and sent them to the Pasteur Institute in Ho Chi Minh City for testing on December 25.

Test results on December 26 from the Pasteur Institute in Ho Chi Minh City showed that the patient was positive for SARS-CoV-2. The patient is currently being isolated and treated at the Tuberculosis and Lung Disease Hospital in Vinh Long Province. All F1 and F2 contacts have been listed and quarantined according to regulations.

The Vinh Long provincial health sector has coordinated with the Pasteur Institute in Ho Chi Minh City and related units to continue to expand the investigation. This is the 1,440th Covid-19 case recorded since the beginning of the epidemic in Vietnam.

On the same day, the Ministry of Health announced that it had continued to inject volunteers with the Covid-19 vaccine produced in Vietnam in the 50 mcg dose group. There will be 20 volunteers injected with this dose group out of a total of 60 volunteers vaccinated this time.

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