Nghe An female student returning from Daegu epidemic area (South Korea) is quarantined and monitored
(Baonghean.vn) - After landing at the airport, a 21-year-old female student in Dien Hong commune, Dien Chau district took a bus from Hanoi to her hometown and then self-quarantined at home before going to the hospital.
| Quarantine a female student returning from Korea. Clip: Duc Anh |
Doctor Cao Dinh Minh - Director of Dien Chau District Medical Center said: The female student in quarantine is named D., 21 years old, living in Dien Hong commune, Dien Chau district. On February 24, D. flew from the epidemic area of Daegu city, South Korea to Noi Bai airport.
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| Isolation area at the Infectious Diseases Department, Dien Chau District General Hospital. Photo: Duc Anh |
Next, D. took the bus with license plate 37B 00397 from Nuoc Ngam Bus Station (Hanoi) at 6:00 a.m. on February 25, returning home in Dien Hong commune, Dien Chau district at 12:30 p.m. the same day... This female student was aware of the quarantine when she proactively called her family to arrange a separate quarantine room at home.
To monitor, quarantine, and track to prevent and fight Covid-19, on February 26, Dien Chau district arranged for D. to be quarantined at Dien Hong Commune Health Station and this morning, February 27, arranged for an ambulance to take D. to be quarantined at the Infectious Diseases Department, Dien Chau District General Hospital in accordance with regulations.
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| Spraying disinfectant on an ambulance transporting a female student from an epidemic area. Photo: Duc Anh |
As of the morning of February 27, Dien Chau district is quarantining 2 people returning from epidemic areas in Korea and China at the Infectious Diseases Department, Dien Chau District General Hospital; quarantining 3 others at home. Of these 5 people, 2 returned from Korea, 3 returned from China - Doctor Cao Dinh Minh said.
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| The health of the two people being quarantined at the Infectious Diseases Department is very good, with no symptoms of fever or flu. Photo: Duc Anh |
Doctor Bui Thai Tuan - Head of the Department of Infectious Diseases, Dien Chau District General Hospital said: D.'s health is currently very good, with no symptoms of fever or flu. The hospital is closely monitoring both isolated cases.
Thus, along with the new female student who was quarantined in Dien Chau district, up to this point, Nghe An has quarantined 10 people returning from the epidemic area of Korea. Of these, 2 people showed symptoms of cold and fever. One person is being quarantined and treated at Quynh Luu District General Hospital. One person is being quarantined and treated at the Tropical Disease Center, Provincial General Hospital./.
