Nghe An urgently announces search for passenger on Da Nang - Hanoi bus on April 21

Urgent announcement from Nghe An Department of Health. Photo: Thanh Chung

On the evening of April 29, Nghe An Department of Health issued Notice No. 1501/TB-SYT urgently announcing the passenger bus related to the patient.COVID-19Accordingly, the Department of Health - Standing agency of the Provincial Steering Committee for Covid-19 Prevention and ControlNghe AnPassengers traveling on bus 43B - 048.78 on the Da Nang - Hanoi route departing at 20:30 on April 21, 2021 are requested to immediately contact the nearest commune or ward health station for advice and support. Passengers need to call the hotline and provide the phone numbers of people who have been in close contact with them via the phone numbers: + 1900.9095 (Ministry of Health) and + 02386.555.666 (Provincial Center for Disease Control); make a medical declaration online at https://tokhaiyte.vn or download the NCOVI application from the addresshttps://ncovi.vnand regularly update your health status; install the Bluezone application to be warned of the risk of Covid-19 infection at the addresshttps://www.bluezone.gov.vn/.

Nghe An Department of Health assigned the Provincial Center for Disease Control, Medical Centers of districts, cities and towns to notify people and communities in the area; organize monitoring, medical declaration, and quarantine according to regulations when there are related cases.

Passenger bus 43B - 048.78 on the Da Nang - Hanoi route departing at 20:30 on April 21, 2021 was the bus carrying patient 2899 in Ha Nam province. This patient returned from Japan on flight VJ3613 entering Da Nang Airport on April 7, 2021, was immediately quarantined, and had samples taken for testing in Da Nang. On April 21, the patient completed quarantine, had three negative test results, and was allowed to return to quarantine in the locality. On April 24, the patient showed symptoms of cough, fever, and sore throat and had samples taken for testing by the Ha Nam Provincial Center for Disease Control. The patient tested positive for SARS-CoV-2.

Currently, the authorities have identified 113 F1s and more than 300 F2s related to patient 2899. Of these, 5 F1s have tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 virus, namely BN2901, BN2903, BN2908-BN2909 (family members of patient 2899) and BN2910 (in Ho Chi Minh City)./.