A health worker is taking samples for COVID-19 testing (Photo: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) – Prime Minister NguyenXuan Phuc on December 27 night issued a dispatch requiring urgent tracing ofthose who had contact with COVID-19 patient No. 1440, thus preventing thespread of the coronavirus in community.
Pointing out the severe situation of COVID-19globally, PM Phuc stressed that set preventive measures must be seriouslyimplemented, inspections intensified and any violations strictly punished, withpatient 1440 as a typical example.
He asked ministries, agencies and localities toraise the sense of responsibility in this regard, seriously abide by directionsof the PM and relevant documents, and closely control immigrants, particularlythose illegally entering Vietnam through small trails.
The PM instructed the southern province of Vinh Longto promptly instruct competent agencies and coordinate with the Ministries ofHealth, Public Security and National Defence to implement contact-tracingmeasures regarding the 1,440th case of COVID-19.
It is the responsibility of all Vietnamese to showthe sense of responsibility and observe COVID-19 prevention and controlmeasures so as to have happy, safe New Year holidays, he said.
Patient 1440, a 32-year-old man, illegally enteredHo Chi Minh City from Cambodia, then travelled to Vinh Long. On the way to VinhLong, he visited an eatery in southern Tien Giang province on December 24morning.
He tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 on December 25night and is now being treated at a hospital in Vinh Long, said the PasteurInstitute in Ho Chi Minh City on December 26.
Many F1 and F2 cases who had contact with thepatient at the eatery have also been put under urgent quarantine, said Directorof the provincial Health Department Tran Thanh Thao on December 27.
By December 27 evening, Vietnam recorded 1,441 COVID-19 cases. (Photo: VNA)By December 27 evening, Vietnam recorded a total of1,441 cases of COVID-19, of which 693 were community infections. The number ofdeaths still remained at 35. As many as 1,303 patients have recovered from thedisease.
Of the activepatients, eight were tested negative once for SARS-CoV-2, eight twice, andeight thrice.
A total of16,799 people who had close contact with COVID-19 patients or returned frompandemic-hit areas are being quarantined nationwide./.
VNA
