Vietnam Airlines' quarantine site (Photo: VNA)Earlier on December 3, the Investigation Security Agencyunder the municipal Department of Public Security launched criminal proceedingsagainst this case.
Accordingly, from November 30 to December 1, the cityannounced four new cases of infection, including one in a quarantine facilityand three others in the community after going through 120 days without localtransmissions.
Specifically, Patient No. 1,342, a flight attendant ofnational flag carrier Vietnam Airlines, came into contact with Patient No. 1,325at a quarantine site. After testing negative twice from November 15-18, he wasplaced under quarantine at a rented apartment in HCM City’s Tan Binh district.
While in quarantine, he met with his mother and two friends.Later, on November 28, he tested positive to the virus and became patient No.1,342. He also went to the HCM City University of Technology.
After collecting samples for testing from patient No.1,342’s close contacts, the municipal Health Department found that patient No.1,347, who is a friend of patient No 1,342, delivered lectures at the KEYEnglish training centre in Tan Binh district from November 18 to 25 and atother branches in district 10, and also went to a café and a karaoke parlour indistrict 10.
A year-old baby boy also caught the disease from patient No.1,347 and tested positive on November 30. A 28-year-old female student of hiswas also infected.
Colonel Nguyen Sy Quang, Deputy Director of the municipalDepartment of Public Security, said that while the entire political system isexerting efforts to control the disease, one subjective and unconscious personcan lead to serious consequences.
Violations in the case resulted in serious consequences, sothe individuals and organisations concerned must be strictly punished, hestressed./.
VNA
