​Regarding the 03 cases of Covid-19 that are F1, the city has traced 82 cases from F2 to F1, preliminary test results were negative. In addition, through the expansion of epidemiological investigation, health authorities continue to identify more important epidemiological landmarks to further expand the scope of tracing for the next F1, F2 cases. Among the two notable epidemiological landmarks are: On the morning of May 23, between 8 a.m. and 9 a.m., the mother (F0) went to vote at group no. 7, then went to the death anniversary, the restaurant where the case worked.

Mr. Ton Quang Vinh - Chairman of the People's Committee, Head of Binh Chuan Ward Steering Committee for Covid-19 Prevention and Control, said that with the above landmark, about 300 voters in Election Group no. 7 went to vote with 21 voters who are members of the election group. The whole election group has 1,522 voters. If the quarantine localization is expanded, it will extend over an area of about 50ha.

In response to the above situation, Mr. Nguyen Thanh Tam - Chairman of the People's Committee, Head of Thuan An City Steering Committee for Covid-19 Prevention and Control, said that the city expanded the medical quarantine area to serve the work of tracing, taking samples for testing as soon as possible so that the medical quarantine does not greatly disturb the lives and activities of people and production and business activities of enterprises. In order for the investigation and tracing to be effective, Thuan An is deploying community groups of Covid-19 safety, prevention and control with the "going every alley, knocking door to door" motto to mobilize people to provide relevant information for tracing, quarantine, and testing.

Mr. Tam added, right at 0:00 on May 31, Thuan An City deployed to expand the medical quarantine area to prevent and control the Covid-19 pandemic. Accordingly, functional forces have organized to set up checkpoints at 13 locations where there are 1,522 people. Assigning military and police forces overnight to coordinate with the Provincial Center for Disease Control to continue tracing F1, F2 cases, etc. to collect samples and pooled samples for testing. 21 members of election group no. 7 in Binh Chuan ward were also taken to the concentrated quarantine area and 31 employees of Thuan An Water Branch, where F0 worked, were also quarantined at the branch office and taken pooled samples for testing.

Following the direction of Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Nguyen Loc Ha at the meeting on the evening of May 30, 2021 with Thuan An City, the city has urgently with a high sense of responsibility in tracing, localizing the quarantine area and testing. The city also calculated and recommended the distancing at a level appropriate to the local situation on the basis of ensuring flexible application to take pandemic prevention and control measures both ensuring people's lives and local production and business activities; ensuring people's lives in the medical quarantine area. At the same time, quickly controlling the gateways bordering Ho Chi Minh City, the area of Phu Long Bridge, temporarily suspending operations at passenger terminals across the Saigon River.

Reported by Mai Xuan - Translated by Nguyen Trang