Latest information about female workers from China returning to Ky Son for Tet holiday showing symptoms of fever and cough
(Baonghean.vn) - Ms. Phuong has passed the incubation period of nCov (from 2-14 days, average about 5 days), but Nghe An Health Department still directed to continue to isolate, closely monitor and treat her symptoms.
Nghe An: A female worker from China returning home for Tet holiday was found to have symptoms of fever and cough.
(Baonghean.vn) - Ms. Luong Thi P., who returned from China for Tet holiday to Bac Ly commune, Ky Son district, had symptoms of fever and cough and was advised by My Ly Border Guard Station and the authorities to go to the district Medical Center for examination.
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| My Ly station and Bac Ly commune local authorities mobilized and sent local medical staff to take Ms. Luong Thi Phuong to Ky Son District Medical Center for examination and treatment plan. Photo: Document |
As reported by Nghe An Newspaper: To prevent the acute respiratory disease caused by the new strain of Corona virus, on February 1, My Ly Border Guard Station coordinated with Bac Ly Commune People's Committee to carry out propaganda work, organize a survey of the area to check workers who returned from working in China for Tet holiday to propagate people to proactively check their health...
Through screening, My Ly Border Guard Station and Bac Ly Commune People's Committee discovered: Ms. Luong Thi Phuong (born in 1986), residing in Keo Pha Tu village, Bac Ly commune, is a businesswoman from China who returned to the locality for Tet holiday and is currently showing symptoms of fever and cough.
After digging up information, it was found that Ms. Luong Thi Phuong returned to Vietnam on December 15, 2019. For the past 3 weeks, Ms. Phuong has had symptoms of fever and cough. As an illegal worker, she herself did not know which province in China she worked in, but only remembered that "crossing the border, it takes 3-4 more days by car"...
My Ly Border Guard Station and Bac Ly Commune People's Committee immediately reported Ms. Phuong's case to Ky Son District People's Committee and received instructions to take Ms. Phuong to Ky Son District Medical Center for examination and health check-up on the afternoon of February 1, 2020.
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| BSCK2 Nguyen Xuan Hong - Deputy Director of the Department of Health checks ventilators serving disease prevention work at Ky Son Medical Center. Photo: Thanh Chung |
Dr. Nguyen Van Dinh, Director of the Nghe An Province Center for Disease Control, said: In Ms. Phuong's case, the incubation period has passed (from 2-14 days, average about 5 days), but the Center still directed to continue to isolate, closely monitor and treat symptoms for Ms. Phuong.
In recent years, the number of people in mountainous districts of Nghe An who have illegally worked in China is quite large. Mountainous areas of Nghe An such as Ky Son and Tuong Duong districts have extremely difficult terrain for travel and are isolated. Whenever there is an epidemic in this area, the Nghe An health sector has to spend a lot of effort to contain and contain the epidemic./.
