Covid-19 epidemic on February 3 - Announced 9 cases of community infection - Ha Long detected 3 new positive cases

The 6 a.m. bulletin on February 3 of the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control said that there were 9 more new cases of COVID-19 in the community recorded in Hai Duong (2 cases), Hanoi (1 case), Gia Lai (4 cases) and Binh Duong (2 cases).

- Hanoi city recorded 01 patient (BN1883): 1 F1 of patient 1814 related to the outbreak in Chi Linh city, Hai Duong province.

- Tinh Hai Duong registered 02 patients (BN1884-1885): She is a member of Thanh Pho Chi Linh, Tinh Hai Duong, has been quarantined, there is no risk of getting sick, quickly shaking her body. on January 28th.

- Binh Duong province recorded 02 patients (BN1886-BN1887): 2 F1 of BN1843, BN1801 related to the outbreak in Chi Linh city, Hai Duong province.

- Gia Lai Tinh recorded 04 patients (BN1888-1891): 3 F1 related to the outbreak of POYUN Company, Hai Duong province; 1 case is under epidemiological investigation.

There are nearly 28,000 people in the country who have to be quarantined for epidemic prevention

Number of cases in Vietnam:

- As of 6 a.m. on February 3, Vietnam has a total of 1003 cases of COVID-19 due to domestic transmission, of which the number of new cases from January 27 to now: 310 cases.

- From 6:00 pm on February 2 to 6:00 on February 3: 9 new cases, of which 0 imported cases were immediately isolated.

Number of quarantined people: Total number of close contacts and entry from epidemic areas under health monitoring (isolation): 27,714, of which:

- Centralized isolation at the hospital: 227

- Concentrated isolation at other facilities: 20,917

- Isolation at home, place of residence: 6,570.

Why does the SARS-CoV-2 strain spread so quickly in Vietnam?

Dr. Nguyen Van Vinh Chau, Director of the Hospital for Tropical Diseases in Ho Chi Minh City, said that as soon as the patient's specimen 1660 had positive results by rRT-PCR, the research team continued to sequence the gene. of the virus to determine the source.

"Mutation analysis using CoV-GLUE software shows that the genome of this virus strain obtained from patient 1660 carries 17 typical mutations of the B117 variant," said Dr. Chau.

Ho Chi Minh City Hospital for Tropical Diseases immediately reported this result to the Department of Health of Ho Chi Minh City and the Ministry of Health. Chau added that this is the mutation that is causing a strong outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic in the UK as well as in European countries. They are believed to be able to spread 70% faster than previous strains of SARS-CoV-2.

A female health worker fainted in the middle of the road while helping fight the epidemic in Hai Duong

Due to the large number of people testing, the work needed to be done urgently, so the medical staff of Pham Thai ward (King Mon town, Hai Duong province) had to work almost all afternoon, and in the evening, a medical officer fainted. faint from fatigue.

Mr. Vu Manh Hong, chairman of the People's Committee of Pham Thai ward, Kinh Mon town, said: "At the end of this afternoon, a medical officer fainted while on the way to the isolation point to take samples for testing. was taken by the police force to the ward medical station for care, treatment and rest, the medical staff recovered their health".

Detecting 3 cases of COVID-19 in Ha Long

On the night of February 2, the Steering Committee for Disease Prevention and Control of Ha Long City (Quang Ninh Province) held an emergency meeting and implemented urgent measures because there were 3 cases of citizens in the area with test results. positive for SARS-CoV-2 virus.

3 cases tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 virus by CDC Ha Long are NT.H (SN 1994, resident at Tieu Giao street, belonging to group 84, Zone 8, Ha Khau ward, Ha Long city). ; TMH (husband of H, SN 1994) and TVL (brother of H, SN 1997) live with their family.

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