Chairman of Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee Nguyen Thanh Phong has recommended the extension of social distancing regulation for the Covid-19 fight until April 30.
Phong made the suggestion at an online meeting between Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and localities on Monday afternoon.
According to the chairman, HCM City has not seen any new Covid-19 case since April 3. To date, the city has confirmed 54 Covid-19 patients, including 35 from abroad. A total of 12,000 people have been quarantined. Among those, 11,760 have finished the quarantine.
Phong, however, added that the risk of infections have remained high as the pandemic has spread in many countries. There are also many cases posing possibilities of cross-infection such as Patient 262 who is a worker of Samsung Display in the northern province of Bac Ninh.
Currently, travel demand between HCM City and other localities is still high. Every day, roughly 1,000 people from other cities and provinces come to HCM City on average.
Some cases who tested negative for the virus several times but tested positive again after being discharged from hospital such as Patient 22 in Danang. Following treatment between March 8-27 the patient had a negative result. On April 11, his test result was positive again.
Phong noted that the city had tightened control over 62 Covid-19 quarantine stations and provided virus tests for workers at industrial parks and export processing zones and those who had high risk of infection.
The city will identify people who visited Ha Loi Village in Hanoi’s Me Linh District which is the latest Covid-19 outbreak in Hanoi.
Source: Dtinews
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