Stay calm to properly handle epidemic situations

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Speaking at the meeting, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee Nguyen Phu Cuong emphasized that this outbreak is much more dangerous and complicated than the previous outbreak. Therefore, the provincial leaders assigned heads of departments, agencies and localities to improve their sense of responsibility, direct drastically the implementation of measures to prevent and control epidemics, and prepare isolated areas for isolation. separating risk subjects; review cases exposed to positive cases for testing and devise appropriate response plans. Industry and Trade Department collaborates with Market Management to review, if any drug store is found to raise the price of masks, they will handle it sharply, without waiting for the establishment of an inspection team.

The work of the district party congress continues. However, delegates who return from Danang must voluntarily isolate and test, may send alternate delegates to attend or allow their absence. Localities should also calculate to shorten the working time of the meeting, refine the audience and not organize the festival after the end of the meeting.

The police sector should coordinate closely with localities to supervise the situation of demographics and household registration in the area, strictly handle cases of illegal entry and bringing in illegal immigrants.

Director of Department of Health reports at the meeting

At the meeting of Director of the Center for Disease Control of Thai Binh province, there has been one case of Dong Nai province having an initial positive test result with SARS-CoV-2. That is Mrs. P.T.T.N., 50 years old, living at 20, Ho Van Dai Street, Quarter 3, Quang Vinh Ward, Bien Hoa City. The patient currently has no fever, no cough, no runny nose, or sore throat.

 On 31^st July, the patient and her husband and children were taken away to be isolated and gathered at Dong Nai General Hospital after the patient's sister was identified as a case number 510. On 1^st August, there were 8 patients sampled and tested positive for SARS-CoV-2. Particularly, two close contact cases with husband and child patients are currently isolated in isolation at Dong Nai General Hospital, have negative results with SARS-CoV-2.

The process of movement and contact of the patient is as follows: On 2p.m of July 19^th, the patient and her husband traveled by plane from Tan Son Nhat airport to Da Nang, then took a taxi to Danang Hospital to visit his father. located in Department of General Medicine. Here, the patient met his sister (who was Patvid-19 patient No. 510 later) for about 8 minutes. After that, Mrs. N. went home at the address 148/2 Ly Tu Trong, Thuan Phuoc Ward, Hai Chau District, Da Nang City. Here, the patient was in contact with 4 family members, then went to eat at Be Anh restaurant (Lot B14-15, Ho Nghinh three-way crossroad, Nguyen Cao Luyen, Son Tra, Da Nang).

From 20^th to 25^th of July, the patient and his sister took turns taking care of their father at the Department of Internal Medicine at Danang Hospital. On the morning of July 25, the patient entered Ho Chi Minh City on flight number BL671, seat number 7F (patient number 510 sat seat number 7E). At 10 am, the patient took Truong Thinh Phat bus to Bien Hoa (there were 7 people in the car).

From 11:00 to 12:30, the patient and his friend Trang went to have a hairdresser at the Bich hair salon near their home, then went with their husband and children to eat at Huyen Suong Huyen rice restaurant (address: B1 + B2 adjacent area, Nguyen Ai Quoc, Buu Long Ward, Bien Hoa City).

On 26^th July, the patient stayed home, not going out. In the morning of July 27^th, the patient went to Dong Nai General Hospital to take the first test sample (from 7 am - 9:30 pm), then went to a cafe on the side of the hospital, opposite the C area (with her husband). and child) and then go home by car. The patient's family was isolated at home, the same day test result was negative for SARS-CoV-2.

On July 31^st, the patient and her husband and children were taken to isolation center of Bien Hoa City Hospital at Dong Nai General Hospital after the patient's sister was identified as case number 510. Day 1-8, patients were sampled and tested positive for SARS-CoV-2. Particularly, two close contacts of patients who are husband and child are currently isolated in isolation at Dong Nai General Hospital, with negative results from SARS-CoV-2.

Right on the night of August 1^st, the Steering Committee for prevention and control of Covid-19 in Bien Hoa city had an urgent meeting, directed investigating units to verify and put into isolation the cases where close contact with the disease was occurred. At the same time, conduct disinfection spraying around the patient's house and surrounding areas, calling people who come to the places where patients have been to immediately to the local health station for medical reporting, monitoring. health. The Provincial Center for Disease Control in collaboration with the Medical Center of Bien Hoa City, Dong Nai General Hospital and other units involved in epidemiological investigation and surveillance in the community, made a list of about 20 F1 and F2 cases at high risk for inclusion in concentrated isolation areas.

Bien Hoa City has directed 3 related wards, Buu Long, Quang Vinh and Tam Hoa, urgently to review related objects, spray disinfect all places that patients have been to, take declaration from the Huyen Suong rice restaurant, hair salons, coffee shops where patients have been inactive for 14 days to spray disinfection, investigate cases in contact with patients for testing and isolation. Particularly, the city's isolation area located at Dong Nai Medical College with a capacity of 100 beds is also ready to receive isolated people.

Concluding at the meeting, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Mr. Cao Tien Dung proposed that it is necessary to calm down to properly handle possible epidemics, to avoid affecting production activities and people's life; strictly deal with cases of incorrect reporting related to the public panic epidemic. The prevention of epidemics must ensure the protection of the manufacturing industry, ensuring the daily life of the least disturbed people.

Departments and agencies urgently compile proposals on disease prevention and control related to their units so that the Provincial People's Committee Office will summarize and submit to the provincial leaders for promulgation of guidance documents. In addition, the health sector proactively strengthened testing for high-risk F1 and F2 subjects, detecting and stopping diseases as soon as possible, avoiding spreading to the community.

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