19 more community infections, one imported case

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The Ministry of Health on the afternoon of February 3 recorded 20 positive cases of nCoV, of which 19 were community-transmitted cases and one case was quarantined immediately after entering the country.

19 community infections include 14 in Hai Duong, 4 in Quang Ninh, and 1 in Gia Lai.

Taking samples of close contacts of patients. Photo: Document

Hai Duong Provincerecorded 14 patients numbers1897-1901, 1903-1911. Of which, 9 cases are workers in Chi Linh city, have been quarantined, with no risk of spreading to the community; 5 cases are related to the outbreak in Le Loi ward. At noon on February 3, the Center for Disease Control (CDC) Hai Duong announced 16 new positive cases, so by this afternoon the Ministry of Health had only issued patient codes for 14 cases, and two cases have not been assigned codes.

Quang Ninh Provincerecorded 4 patients with the numbers1892-1895, are 4 F1 related to the outbreak in Chi Linh city, Hai Duong province.

Gia Lai Provincenote"patient 1896", is F1 related to the outbreak in Ia Pa district. This positive case was announced by Gia Lai province at noon on February 3, and now the Ministry has assigned a patient code.

Thus, in total, from February 28 to 3, the Ministry of Health recorded 329 community infections in 10 provinces and cities including Hai Duong (240), Quang Ninh (42), Hanoi (21), Gia Lai (14), Binh Duong (4), Bac Ninh (3), Hoa Binh (2), Ho Chi Minh City, Hai Phong, and Bac Giang, each with one case.

Quang Nam Provincerecord imported cases,"patient 1902", is a 25-year-old male from Thanh Khuong Commune, Thuan Thanh District, Bac Ninh Province. On February 1, he entered Da Nang Airport from Japan on flight VJ5925 and was immediately quarantined in Quang Nam Province. The first test result on February 2 was positive for nCoV and the patient was treated at Quang Nam Central General Hospital.

Covid-19 case changes on the afternoon of February 3, according to the Ministry of Health.

Nationwide, the total number of infections has reached 1,911, the number of recoveries is 1,461, the number of deaths due to Covid-19 is 35, four people died after three to four negative tests. The remaining patients are mostly in stable health, of which 3 people tested negative for nCoV once, 7 people tested negative twice and 2 people tested negative three times.

The total number of people in close contact and entering from epidemic areas being quarantined is more than 48,000. Of these, 378 are quarantined at hospitals; more than 22,000 are quarantined in centralized facilities, the rest are at home or at their place of residence.

The Ministry of Health recommends that people who worked at Poyun Company, Cong Hoa Industrial Park, Chi Linh City, Hai Duong in January 2021; people who have taken flights at Van Don International Airport, Quang Ninh from January 15 to present; urgently contact the nearest medical facility or call the Ministry of Health hotline 1900.9095, the local medical hotline number for support, advice, and Covid-19 testing.

The world has recorded more than 2.2 million deaths from Covid-19 out of more than 104 million infections. The US is the country most seriously affected by the epidemic, followed by India and Brazil.