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Four more staff members at Tan Son Nhat Airport infected with SARS-CoV-2

February 8, 2021 by dtinews.vn

Four staff members at Ho Chi Minh City’s Tan Son Nhat International Airport have tested positive for SARS-CoV-2, raising the total number of patients in the country to 2,005, the Ministry of Health reported on Monday morning.

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According to the ministry’s report, the four men aged between 28-41 work at the same unit with another staff at the airport who was previously confirmed as Covid-19 patient.

The four new patients are now being treated at the Cu Chi Field Hospital for Covid-19 patients.

With these new infection cases, the number of imported Covid-19 patients in Vietnam has increased to 2,005, including 1,115 locally-transmitted cases with 422 cases reported since the new outbreak started in Hai Duong on January 28.

As of 6 am on February 8, a total of 1,472 Covid-19 patients had recovered and been discharged from hospital. There have been 35 deaths, most of them being the elderly with serious underlying diseases.

At present, as many as 83,104 people who had close contact with Covid-19 patients or returned from virus-hit areas are being monitored at hospitals, quarantine facilities, and at home.

More Tan Son Nhat employees test positive for SARS-CoV-2

February 9, 2021 by dtinews.vn

Two more staff at the Tan Son Nhat Airport in HCM City have tested positive for SARS-CoV-2, while Hung Yen Province has become a new locality in the country to report community cases.

Deputy Minister of Health Nguyen Truong Son work with authorities in HCM City about the new outbreak on February 9

Nguyen Tri Dung, director of HCM City CDC announced on February 9 during the regular Covid-19 prevention meeting that the test results had come back positive for two more employees at Tan Son Nhat Airport. Deputy Minister of Health Nguyen Truong Son arrived in HCM City to give directives about quarantine, treatments and contact tracing tasks.

Considering the situation in the northern region, after receiving the news about a confirmed case arrived in HCM City from Hai Duong Province on January 28, the Covid-19 Prevention Steering Committee held an urgent meeting and ordered tests for all employees at Tan Son Nhat Airport. From January 30 to February 5, they had detected one confirmed case.

The local health sector also worked with related agencies on contact tracing. Further tests showed four more positive cases on February 8. The city authorities took samples from 830 employees on February 7. The results on February 9 showed two more positive cases.

Six out of seven confirmed cases were ground staff at Tan Son Nhat Airport and one person is an employee of Vietnam Airlines. The authorities also tested 1,600 residents in District 1. The results were negative.

Authorities in Hung Yen Province also reported a positive case on February 9. A lecturer from Yen My District visited the Lung Hospital in Hanoi after having symptoms like coughing and high fever. He was transferred to the National Hospital of Tropical Diseases after the test result came back positive for coronavirus. He works at a college in Cam Giang District, Hai Duong Province and went to Hai Duong Province on January 28 before returning to Hung Yen. He had the symptoms 10 days later.

The authorities in Hung Yen immediately launched contact tracing tasks and disinfected high-risk areas.

Due to the complicated situation in Hai Duong and Cam Giang District in particular, the authorities in Hai Duong ordered to lock down in the district from 6 pm on February 5 until further notice.

10,000 Noi Bai Airport employees to be tested for SARS-CoV-2

February 10, 2021 by dtinews.vn

Hanoi is going to test 10,000 employees at Noi Bai International Airport to avoid an outbreak like at Tan Son Nhat Airport in HCM City.

10,000 Noi Bai Airport employees to be tested for SARS-CoV-2

According to the Department of Health, they have started taking samples from the afternoon of February 9. Son Son District Medical Station was asked to work with Long Bien District Medical Station and Gia Lam District Medical Station to carry out the task. The samples will be sent to St. Paul Hospital, Thanh Nhan Hospital, Duc Giang Hospital, Hanoi Lung Hospital, Son Tay Hospital and Ha Dong Hospital. About 3,000 samples were collected on February 9.

The Airports Corporation of Vietnam previously asked all airports to be proactive in asking for tests for the employees.

On February 7, HCM City authorities asked for viral testing for all staff at Tan Son Nhat International Airport after four more staff members were infected with SARS-CoV-2. HCM City authorities said stricter measures would be applied and the staff members would be tested for the second time.

HCM City Steering Committee for Covid-19 Prevention asked to test the airport staff members one day before they return to work. Only when the test results are negative could they go to the airport. Staff members who work regularly with the passengers and in the freight transport sector must be tested periodically.

SARS-CoV-2 variant found at Tan Son Nhat airport appears for first time in Southeast Asia: Scientists

February 12, 2021 by en.vietnamplus.vn

Taking samples of staff at Tan Son Nhat International Airport in Ho Chi Minh City for COVID-19 testing (Photo: VNA)

Ho Chi Minh City (VNA) – The SARS-CoV-2 variant found in patients at the Tan Son Nhat International Airport in Ho Chi Minh City is A.23.1, which was first found in the African country of Rwanda in late October 2020, according to a report by the Hospital of Tropical Diseases on genetic analysis of the virus.

Scientists said it is highly likely that the patients, who were confirmed on February 8, caught the virus from one source.

Besides Rwanda, the variant has been found in a few other countries, including the US, the United Arab Emirates, Australia and some countries in Europe such as the UK and Denmark. However, no abnormal developments have been reported in those countries.

The scientists also confirmed that the SARS-CoV-2 variant found in the patients at Tan Son Nhat International Airport is not the one found in the UK with high infection speed or the one detected in South Africa./.

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Covid-19 patients at Tan Son Nhat airport infected by new SARS-CoV-2 variant

February 13, 2021 by dtinews.vn

The Covid-19 patients at Tan Son Nhat International Airport in Ho Chi Minh City have been infected by a new SARS-CoV-2 variant, the A.23.1, which was recorded for the first time in Southeast Asia.

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A report by the Hospital of Tropical Diseases released on February 12 on genetic analysis of the virus said that samples taken from two out of four patients who were confirmed on February 8 at the airport showed that they carried the A.23.1 variant.

The variant was first reported in the African country of Rwanda in late October last year.

Doctors said it is highly likely that the patients at Tan Son Nhat Airport caught the virus from one source.

“The SARS-CoV-2 variant found in the patients at Tan Son Nhat International Airport is not the B.1.1.7 variant with high infection speed which has been found in the recent outbreaks in Hai Duong and Quang Ninh,” the report said. “It is not the one detected in South Africa, either.”

Besides Rwanda, the A.23.1 variant has been reported in some other countries, including the US, the UAE, Australia, the UK and Denmark. However, no abnormal developments have been reported.

All Noi Bai airport employees test negative for SARS-CoV-2 virus

February 14, 2021 by dtinews.vn

As many as 12,302 employees working at Hanoi’s Noi Bai International Airport, the largest in the north and second largest in Vietnam, have tested negative for the SARS-CoV-2 virus, the Hanoi Department of Health announced on February 13.

COVID-19 testing has been carried out at Noi Bai International Airport in Hanoi.

About 300 healthcare workers have been mobilised to carry out the COVID-19 tests for all officials and staff of the airport, starting on February 9.

The testing campaign was launched following the detection of a coronavirus hotspot at Tan Son Nhat International Airport in Ho Chi Minh City, the largest in Vietnam. More than 30 cases have been detected so far in the city, with most of them closely linked to the Tan Son Nhat airport hotspot.

Hanoi capital has recorded 30 community cases since the virus recurred in the country late last month.

Local health workers have stepped up epidemiological investigation, contact tracing, and testing to early detect and quarantine suspect cases. They have tracked down and tested 16,539 cases linked to confirmed infections, and all have tested negative.

In its report released on February 13, the Ministry of Health said the situation in Hanoi has basically been brought under control.

The city is currently tracking down suspect cases or high-risk groups in the community.