Hai Duong - 11 new COVID-19 cases, emergency isolation in 2 communes

With 11 new patients, as of March 2, the country recorded 2,472 patients since the beginning of the outbreak, of which 1,892 people have recovered and been discharged from the hospital.

11 new cases (patients 2462 - 2472) are domestic cases in Hai Duong (7 samples taken on February 28 and 4 samples taken on March 1), in which:

- 10 cases in Kim Dinh commune, Kim Thanh district: is the F1 of patient 2437, was isolated on February 28 (patients 2462 - 2468 and 2470 - 2472).

- 1 case in Ngu Phuc commune, Kim Thanh district: is the F1 of patient 2436, has been isolated since February 28 (patient 2469).

Currently, all 11 patients are isolated and treated at Field Hospital No. 3 - Red Star University Campus 2.

With 11 new patients, as of March 2, the country recorded 2,472 patients since the beginning of the outbreak, of which 1,892 people have recovered and been discharged from the hospital.

In the 2 days of February 28 and March 1 in Hai Duong, 7 F1 COVID-19 patients were isolated from 1 month before, currently the epidemiological information is not clear, but these parameters show the risk of infection. Crossover in the quarantine area in Hai Duong is still there.

An expert on epidemic prevention said that it is necessary to conduct a thorough epidemiological investigation and clearly identify the source of infection to assess the risk, in addition to continuing to distance and strengthen epidemic prevention at the isolation area, avoiding prolonged epidemics in the area. This.

Notably, in the latest update, people from Hanoi to Ho Chi Minh City. Ho Chi Minh is no longer quarantined at home. Particularly in some areas in Quang Ninh and Hai Phong provinces, they still have to isolate at home and monitor their health. People who leave Hai Duong province within 14 days are still isolated at 100%, taking samples for testing. People leaving Hoang Dong commune (Thuy Nguyen district), Du Hang ward, Le Chan district, Kim Son village, Le Thien commune, An Duong district (Hai Phong) within 14 days, concentrated isolation, sampling test.

Since Tet, Ho Chi Minh City has received more than 160,000 medical declarations at airports, train stations, bus stations, medical stations, industrial parks, export processing zones and businesses. Sampling for random surveillance testing at airports, bus stations, train stations, markets, restaurants, pagodas... is 16,423 samples, of which 15,776 samples have negative test results, 647 are waiting for results.

There have been 344 cases of transfer to concentrated isolation, 37 cases of home isolation, the rest self-monitoring their health.

With domestic vaccines, the Nanocovax vaccine phase 2 has been tested for 78 people in Hanoi and Long An.

Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam visited and encouraged volunteers at the Military Medical Academy (Hanoi). He emphasized the requirement, how to get a vaccine against Covid-19 made in Vietnam in the fastest time, not only for disease prevention but also a pride and trust for the team of scientists. Vietnam's vaccine research and development is also the people's desire.

Through a preliminary assessment, researchers found that antibodies from volunteers vaccinated with the Covid-19 Nanocovax vaccine could fight the new strain of the SARS-CoV-2 virus in the UK.

As for the second vaccine, Covivac of the Institute of Vaccines and Medical Biologicals (IVAC), Minister Long said that when conducting clinical evaluation, experts found the protective effect of this vaccine to be very good. This is considered a potential candidate next to the Nanocovax vaccine.

Dr. Duong Huu Thai, Director of IVAC, said that Covivac can fight two strains of SARS-CoV-2 virus in the UK and South Africa. According to IVAC's calculations, the Covivac vaccine will cost no more than 60,000 VND/dose. It is expected that IVAC will coordinate with Hanoi Medical University and the National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology to test injection in early March and complete in October this year.

Although there is a vaccine to prevent Covid-19, the National Steering Committee recommends that people should not be subjective or lose their vigilance, but still have to fully comply with the disease prevention instructions of the health sector. The Board of Directors expressed their belief that when we have more "powerful weapons" such as vaccines, we will definitely win the whole war against the Covid-19 enemy, taking advantage of the opportunity to recover and develop quickly and strongly. strongly in the coming time, contributing to the fight against the pandemic in the world.

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