Director of the Department of Health Nguyen Tan Binh said that the health sector has just recorded more infection chains in Vinh Loc A Industrial Park, Tan Phu Trung Industrial Park and Binh Tan District.
Reporting to the Ho Chi Minh City Steering Committee for Covid-19 Prevention and Control on the afternoon of June 15, Director of Health Department Nguyen Tan Binh said that through epidemiological investigation of the Hoc Mon mechanical workshop outbreak, the health sector discovered a The patient is a garment factory worker of Jordan Company in Vinh Loc A Industrial Park, Binh Chanh District. This person has been in concentrated isolation since June 9 and today tested positive for SARS-CoV-2.
This company has now been locked down and sampled all 350 employees at the garment factory. Also located in Vinh Loc A Industrial Park, on June 12, through screening, Quoc Anh General Hospital discovered a positive case for nCoV. This person is a worker at Van Duc Food Company. The health sector has traced and sampled more than 100 F1. 500 workers at the facility’s dormitories have been tested. Through the screening of these two companies, the health sector discovered 11 positive aggregate samples. The health sector is conducting large-scale screening samples in industrial zones. Photo: Chi Hung. In addition, on June 13, through screening, Xuyen A Hospital discovered a positive case of a worker in Tan Phu Trung Industrial Park. The health sector detected 4 more positive cases and 6 positive pool samples. Binh said another infection chain was detected through community screening in a residential area of An Lac ward, Binh Tan district. Through testing more than 1,500 workers staying in Binh Tan district, working at PouYuen Company, two positive cases were found. This afternoon, the health sector tested about 1,000 workers and the Department of Health is expanding rapid antigen testing in this area. Binh informed that on the afternoon of June 15, the Department of Health coordinated with Binh Tan and Binh Chanh districts to test more than 25,000 officials and workers in Vinh Loc Industrial Park. According to the announcement of the Ministry of Health, from April 27 to now, Ho Chi Minh City has 894 Covid-19 patients. In particular, the largest outbreak related to the Renaissance missionary group was basically under control. However, the epidemic was complicated when there were many clusters of cases with unknown sources of transmission. In particular, the epidemic has penetrated the Hospital for Tropical Diseases in Ho Chi Minh City. The first case was detected on June 12 in the information technology department. Only 4 days after being discovered, this outbreak had 69 people including medical staff and related people. On June 14, Chairman of Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee Nguyen Thanh Phong made a decision to ease social distancing in Go Vap district and Thanh Loc ward (district 12), reducing from applying Directive 16 to Directive 15. The city remains separated under Directive 15 for 2 weeks. Unloading checkpoints in Go Vap At 0:00 on June 15, all quarantine checkpoints at the gateway of Go Vap district were lifted according to the decision to reduce the distance level of Ho Chi Minh City.
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