Hanoi has identified close contacts of 4 Covid-19 cases

This morning, March 8, Chairman of the Hanoi People's Committee Nguyen Duc Chung chaired the 15th session of the Steering Committee for Covid-19 Prevention and Control in Hanoi City.

Information at the meeting showed that the area had recorded 4 positive cases of Covid-19 and 1 suspected case. The confirmed cases were: NHN (26 years old) at 126 Truc Bach, Ba Dinh district, case number 1 of Hanoi. D.D. P (27 years old) at 126 Truc Bach drove for patient N. And LT H (64 years old) at 125 Truc Bach is N's uncle. Patient number 4 is Mr. NQT (61 years old) with an address in Truc Bach ward, Ba Dinh district, who sat in row 5A in the same row as patient NHN, seat 5K.

1 suspected case is NHP (30 years old), address 9/414 Lang street, Lang Ha, Dong Da, is a janitor at Sarpphie Residence hotel 125 Truc Bach.

Currently, all of these patients are being isolated and treated at the Central Tropical Hospital, branch 2.

Regarding the work of screening cases of contact with infected cases and suspected cases, the Chairman of the People's Committee of Ba Dinh District said that the fourth patient, Mr. T, had many contacts with other cases. Ba Dinh District has screened and notified the subjects and localities. Mr. T's entire family was quarantined and disinfected around the residential area.

Chairman of the City People's Committee Nguyen Duc Chung emphasized that the Covid-19 epidemic is at its highest risk of infection, which is a difference for Hanoi due to the large number of international visitors and people traveling from abroad.The 4 cases positive for Covid-19 basically clearly identified the source of the infection cases. In particular, the case of Ms. P. has a high possibility of being positive.Up to now, the health of these 4 cases has improved.

“We have basically clarified the number of close contacts, contacts of contacts, travel schedules of patients, and immediately and thoroughly isolated them,” said Mr. Chung.

Mr. Nguyen Duc Chung said that patient number 4 of Hanoi sat in the row opposite Ms. N. on flight VN 0054 from the UK to Vietnam. Mr. NQT had previously traveled from Vietnam to India and from India to the UK and sat with a British person who had symptoms of fever and continuous cough. Therefore, this case has 2 possibilities of infection. After that, Mr. T. took flight VN0054 and landed at Noi Bai International Airport at 4:30 a.m. on March 2.

Preliminary itinerary from March 2 to 6, this case came into contact with 96 people in many places, including conferences. All of these cases are being quarantined and monitored at home.

“Up to now, the origin of infection in all confirmed and suspected cases has been clarified. Basically, close contacts and contacts of contacts have been clarified.The city will soon publish a list of areas related to where the patient lives and travels to so that people can reduce their visits to this area. People can be more confident and secure in other activities,” Mr. Chung emphasized./.