Ho Chi Minh City discovered a positive case for the first time with COVID-19 in Go Vap

According to information on Tuoi Tre, the Department of Health of Ho Chi Minh City said that it has just detected one more positive case for the first time with COVID-19 in Ward 8, Go Vap District. Authorities are in the process of zoning, tracing, isolating and disinfecting.

Units including Go Vap District People's Committee, Go Vap District Medical Center have confirmed this information with Tuoi Tre Online. Doctor - Doctor Nguyen Trung Hoa - director of Go Vap District Medical Center said that the unit received a notice from the Ho Chi Minh City Center for Disease Control (HCDC) about this case.

Mr. Hoa has not provided specific information about the patient, and has not confirmed whether this case is related to 3 COVID-19 positive cases with the same family on Nguyen Dinh Chieu Street (Ward 5, District 3) that have just been discovered. present day or not.

Before that, just at noon on May 20, the health sector of Ho Chi Minh City officially identified 3 consecutive cases of COVID-19 infection in the community, in the same family at the alley on Nguyen Dinh Chieu Street (Ward 5, District 5, Ho Chi Minh City). District 3).

From the early morning of May 20, when information about suspected infection through screening test at Pham Ngoc Thach Hospital was reported, the health sector of Ho Chi Minh City launched a "speedy" force to track down.

Immediately, two alleys 287/5 Nguyen Dinh Chieu and 289 Nguyen Dinh Chieu, where "O Thanh snakehead fish cake soup" (the patient's address and business) were blocked; The Medic Center (No. 254, Hoa Hao, Ward 4, District 10), where patients come to visit, temporarily stops accepting patients.

In addition, the authorities also zoned an alley on Doan Phu Tu Street, (An Lac A Ward, Binh Tan District) because the son and daughter-in-law of the COVID-19 case in District 3 lived here (with negative results). count).

Currently, HCDC is sending out urgent notices to people who come to O Thanh snakehead fish cake soup shop from May 12 to May 20 and those who come to the Medic Medical Center at the same time from 8 to 14 hours on May 19. need to declare at the local health center for guidance on supervision, testing and medical isolation according to regulations.

Also today (May 20), the Ministry of Health had a quick report on 2 deaths from COVID-19. These are 2 patients being treated at the Central Hospital for Tropical Diseases 2, with long-term medical conditions and quite old age.

The first patient who died was case 3197, female, 64 years old, from Quang Hoi, Quang Tien, Soc Son district, Hanoi). The patient was treated at the General Infection Department, Central Hospital for Tropical Diseases, facility 2 from April 16, and was diagnosed with COVID-19 on May 8.

The patient died at 13:00 on May 19 with a diagnosis of septic shock; liver cancer, chronic hepatitis B, hemophagocytic syndrome, leukopenia and positive for COVID-19.

The second death patient is case 3028, female, 70 years old, in Dai Linh, Trung Van, Nam Tu Liem district. The patient was treated at the General Infection Department, Central Hospital for Tropical Diseases 2 from April 3, and was diagnosed with COVID-19 on May 5.

The patient died at 7am on May 20 with a diagnosis of septic shock, SARS-CoV-2 infection, hypertension, sequelae of cerebrovascular accident; Diabetes, treatment for about 20 years.

With the above 2 deaths from COVID-19, Vietnam currently has a total of 41 deaths from this virus.

During the online meeting of the Standing National Steering Committee for Covid-19 Prevention and Control with the two provinces of Bac Ninh and Bac Giang on the afternoon of May 16, the Standing National Steering Committee for COVID-19 prevention and control especially emphasized The importance of medical declaration for people related to people in epidemic areas, subjects F2, F3, people entering the hospital, boarding the plane, this is all regulated but in reality there are places where the work is not the same. shop.

At this meeting, Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam, Head of the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control, requested the Ministry of Health to seriously review the regulations on medical declaration, ensuring it is simple, It is convenient for everyone to declare health, and at the same time, it is proposed to set up a hotline to assist people in making medical declarations.

With the spirit of urgency, VNPT Group has quickly deployed a hotline to support medical declaration - 18001119 to receive and assist people's requests for medical declaration in a timely and free manner. no congestion.

When calling the hotline 18001119 to support medical declaration, in addition to being free of charge, people will be guided by volunteer operators to guide them to choose the appropriate form of medical declaration and the declaration content for confirmation. most real.

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