On July 01, 2020, the investigation and verification were
conducted for 01 Indonesian case suspected of having SARS-CoV-2 in Binh Duong
province. The Pasteur Institute in Ho Chi Minh City took sample of this case
and 141 cases in close contact. All test results showed that all of them were negative
for SARS-CoV-2. After the negative test results, such cases were not requested
for isolation by health sector, however, they were requested to monitor their
health and report the situation to the local health authorities.
At present, Binh Duong has 567 cases sampled for testing
(including 384 cases sampled for testing twice). All tested samples were
negative for SARS-CoV-2.
Regarding information on the Indonesian case suspected of having
SARS-CoV-2 in Binh Duong province, the Pasteur Institute in Ho Chi Minh City
said that the Institute had received information from the Ho Chi Minh City
Center for Disease Control about 01 suspected case of SARS-CoV-2, who works in
Binh Duong Province and took medical examination in Ho Chi Minh City. Immediately
on July 1, 2020, the Pasteur Institute in Ho Chi Minh City quickly assisted the
locality with epidemiological investigation, verification and specific
information as follows:
Indonesian citizen, male (name: AJI), year of birth: 1989.
Mr. AJI entered Vietnam on March 11, 2020 through Tan Son Nhat International
Airport and resided on the 2nd floor, Au Lac Hotel, My Phuoc Ward,
Ben Cat town; he is a mechanic engineer at Factory No. 4, Kyungbang Company in
Bau Bang Industrial Park, Lai Uyen town, which is located 20km from the hotel,
and he works in the morning and comes back home at night with a daily private
shuttle bus of the company.
During his residence in Vietnam from March 11 2020 up to now,
Mr. AJI’s health is normal and he mainly lives and travels from hotel to
workplace.
Through the survey of places, a total of 141 people had
contact with Mr. AJI, including: people in workplace, hotel, restaurant, Family
Medical Practice Clinic - District 2.
On the same day of July 1, 2020, the Pasteur Institute in Ho
Chi Minh conducted the test and the results showed that Mr. AJI and all
contacts were negative for SARS-CoV-2.