Hoang Mai town traces more than 600 F1s related to community Covid-19 infections

On December 20, Nghe An province recorded 157 Covid-19 cases, including 40 community cases. Notably, 24 of these community cases were recorded in Hoang Mai town (13 cases in the morning, 11 cases in the afternoon).

According to the governmentHoang Mai Townreported that 24 cases of community Covid-19 infection were recorded, mainly secondary school students at Quynh Thien Secondary School, Quynh Di Secondary School and their relatives in some other localities. Immediately after receiving the test results, the Covid-19 Prevention and Control Steering Committee of Hoang Mai City went directly to the F0 locations to grasp the situation and deploy anti-epidemic work.

Taking samples for testing in Hoang Mai town. Photo: QA

Accordingly, the locality has directed wards and communes where F0 cases have appeared in the community to urgently block off the living areas of the patients, spray disinfectants, and take samples of about 300 people on December 20.

Hoang Mai Town also directed the authorities to focus on tracing F1 cases that came into contact with the patients. By the evening of December 20, 617 F1s of the F0s had been identified, including Quynh Di: 247, Quynh Thien: 123, Mai Hung: 38, Quynh Lap: 4, Quynh Loc: 40, Quynh Phuong: 112, Quynh Trang: 2, Quynh Vinh: 49, Quynh Xuan: 2.

Mr. Nguyen Anh Van - Vice Chairman of the People's Committee of Hoang Mai Town said: "In the context of the Covid-19 epidemic entering schools, with the potential risk of spreading, Hoang Mai Town has decided to let students in 6 wards and communes stop studying in person and switch to online learning, including: Quynh Phuong, Quynh Loc, Quynh Vinh, Quynh Di, Mai Hung and Quynh Thien. In addition, 2 high schools, Hoang Mai High School and Hoang Mai 2 High School, also switched to online learning to prevent the epidemic...".

PresentlyHoang Mai Townare focusing on isolating F1s at home according to regulations. For F0s, they have been taken to the F0 treatment facility at Quynh Thien Ward Kindergarten, in Tan Tien block.

The total number of F0 cases in Hoang Mai town from May 6 to now is 226. From November 17 to now, 195 cases have been recorded, including Quynh Lap: 100, Quynh Phuong: 37, Quynh Vinh: 17, Quynh Xuan: 6, Quynh Thien: 9... The rate of vaccination with the first dose in the whole town reached 88.6%, the rate of vaccination with the second dose reached 79%.