On the night of March 25, 2021, after getting the first positive result for Mr. Z.B, 44 years old, Chinese, Mr. Nguyen Loc Ha - Member of the Provincial Standing Party Committee, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee, Deputy Head of the Steering Committee for Covid-19 Disease Prevention and Control in the province together with leaders of the Department of Health, Center for Disease Control (CDC) of the province have an emergency meeting with the Steering Committee for Disease Prevention and Control in Thuan An City to urgently implement pandemic prevention and control in the areas where the cases live and work.
Mr. Nguyen Thanh Tam – Chairman of Thuan An City People's Committee, Head of the Steering Committee for Covid-19 prevention and control in Thuan An city said, immediately after the 1st positive case for SARS-CoV-2 living in the city, the City Steering Committee for pandemic prevention has immediately activated measures for prevention and control. Forces quickly sent the positive case to hospital for quarantine treatment; at the same time, quickly identified 08 F1 cases, including the wife and 02 children of the case, 04 workers working for Mr. Z.B and a Grab driver was taken to the quarantine. In addition, a number of F2 cases were also identified, sampled and isolated at home. Right in the night, functional forces locked down the area around the apartment, where the case worked with about 10 households; at the same time, spraying and disinfecting the apartment and surrounding areas was conducted. According to the initial medical investigation, the two children of the case all studied in Ho Chi Minh City. During the night, Thuan An City also informed the school where 02 F1 cases are studying so that the school will actively coordinate with the authorities in implementing measures to prevent and control pandemic.
Right at night, the functional forces of Thuan An City locked down the area around the apartment where the patient worked with about 10 households
According to the guidance of the Health sector, in the short term, Thuan An city urgently traced F1 cases of cases quickly, which defined the 14-day timeline, especially in the last 5 days of case exposure cases. In addition to taking samples for F1 testing, it is expected that Thuan An City needs to take about 300 samples for rapid testing for about 1,500 people.
Thuan An City has also prepared well plans for isolation, blockade and flexible application of the issuance of a blockade decision according to Directives 15 and 16 of the Prime Minister.
As information has been reported, on the evening of March 25, 2021, the Center for Disease Control of Binh Duong Province announced that a suspected Covid-19 case was a man, born in 1977, Chinese nationality. Address: 259-260 OASIS 2 Residential Areas, An Phu, Thuan An city; Company address: C63-64, Viet Sing Residential Area, An Phu, City. Thuan An.
This person entered Vietnam around March 2020; By January 2021, we went to Moc Bai border gate, Tay Ninh. On March 22, 2021, this person moved home from Moc Bai border gate, Tay Ninh (259-260 residential areas OASIS 2, An Phu, Thuan An city). In three days March 23-24-25, 2021, this person went to work (C63-64, Viet Sing Residential Area, An Phu, Thuan An City). At 8:30 a.m. on March 25, 2021, this person took a Grab car, plate number 60A-73663 and went to the Center for Disease Control in Ho Chi Minh City to test for SARS-CoV2 to go to Cambodia and had a positive result. The Health sector of Binh Duong province is continuing to trace to determine the exact source of infection for this suspected case.
Reported by Mai Xuan - Translated by Nguyen Trang