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Almost 1,000 staff members of Ho Chi Minh City Eye Hospital have been tested for the novel coronavirus after a COVID-19 patient visited the infirmary prior to his diagnosis.

The mass sampling started on late Wednesday night and early Thursday morning.

It was conducted by medical centers in Ho Chi Minh City.

Given the complicated developments of the pandemic, the city’s administration previously ordered the testing of all staff members of Ho Chi Minh City Eye Hospital in District 3, Ho Chi Minh City.

As of Thursday morning, 980 staff members of Ho Chi Minh City Eye Hospital had already been put through COVID-19 testing.

A COVID-19 patient had come to the infirmary before being confirmed positive for the coronavirus, said Nguyen Tri Dung, director of the Ho Chi Minh City Center for Disease Control.

Tang Chi Thuong, deputy director of the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Health, told Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper that this person is a relative of a patient being treated at Ho Chi Minh City Eye Hospital and tested positive for the novel coronavirus afterward.

This is not a new case but is one of 34 local COVID-19 infections that the Ministry of Health has confirmed since January 28, when a new wave hit Vietnam.

“Security cameras show that during contact with other ordinary patients, family members, and medical staff at the eye hospital, this person was wearing a face mask,” Thuong said.

“It is normal to check the hospital staff in order to ensure all are safe.”

Employees at Tan Son Nhat International Airport have tested positive for the novel coronavirus, most being members of a team in charge of unloading, arranging, and supervising luggage and cargos.

The municipal Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control had previously ordered the COVID-19 testing for all staff members at Tan Son Nhat following the detection of a cluster at Van Don International Airport in northern Quang Ninh Province last month.

Ho Chi Minh City has logged 34 domestic cases since, the majority traced back to the airport.

So airport staff who work directly with passengers are now tested on a daily basis.

Vietnam has documented 2,109 COVID-19 cases as of Thursday morning, with 1,480 recoveries and 35 deaths, according to the Ministry of Health.

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Ho Chi Minh City authorities have begun conducting random COVID-19 testing of travelers at Mien Dong (Eastern) Bus Station, among others, in a bid to curb a new epidemic outbreak.

Medical workers from the Ho Chi Minh City Center for Disease Control and the health bureau of Binh Thanh District showed up early on Thursday morning to guide passengers at the bus station through medical declaration, form filling, and sample collecting.

“The testing came as a surprise to me, but it was done quickly,” Tu Trinh, a passenger from the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai said.

“I will submit medical declaration to authorities in my ward later.”

Le Thi Hue, 54, from Gia Lai, said she did not expect to undergo the sampling process either.

“Local health authorities have planned to mobilize personnel for the post-Lunar New Year testing of returnees to Ho Chi Minh City, which will be divided into multiple shifts when testing demand soars,” said Doan Van Cong, a health official of Binh Thanh District.

Located in Binh Thanh District, the Eastern Bus Station houses coaches that connect Ho Chi Minh City with northern, central and southeast regions of Vietnam.

A newer edifice of the terminal was built in Thu Duc City and inaugurated in October 2020.

Ho Chi Minh City has reported 36 community cases of COVID-19 infection since the latest wave hit Vietnam on January 27.

The country’s tally stood at 2,347 COVID-19 cases as of Friday morning, with 1,605 recoveries and 35 deaths, according to the Ministry of Health.

A total of 755 local infections have been detected in 13 provinces and cities since January 27.

The majority of domestically-transmitted cases were traced back to Hai Duong and Quang Ninh Provinces, with 575 and 60 patients, respectively.

The Ho Chi Minh City Center for Disease Control on Thursday required that all people who have arrived in the city from Hai Duong since February 3 be sent to centralized quarantine facilities and tested for the novel coronavirus in order to prevent transmission.

Passengers on a bus from Gia Lai Province are selected for random COVID-19 testing at Eastern Bus Station in Binh Thanh District, Ho Chi Minh City, February 18, 2021. Photo: Quang Dinh / Tuoi Tre

Passengers at Eastern Bus Station in Binh Thanh District, Ho Chi Minh City submit information before undergoing COVID-19 testing, February 18, 2021. Photo: Quang Dinh / Tuoi Tre

Passengers at Eastern Bus Station in Binh Thanh District, Ho Chi Minh City fill out information forms before undergoing COVID-19 testing, February 18, 2021. Photo: Quang Dinh / Tuoi Tre

A sample for COVID-19 testing collected at Eastern Bus Station in Binh Thanh District, Ho Chi Minh City is contained in a tube, February 18, 2021. Photo: Quang Dinh / Tuoi Tre

Health workers obtain samples for COVID-19 testing from passengers at Eastern Bus Station in Binh Thanh District, Ho Chi Minh City, February 18, 2021. Photo: Quang Dinh / Tuoi Tre

A health worker takes a throat sample for COVID-19 testing from a passenger at Eastern Bus Station in Binh Thanh District, Ho Chi Minh City, February 18, 2021. Photo: Quang Dinh / Tuoi Tre

A passenger at Eastern Bus Station in Binh Thanh District, Ho Chi Minh City winces as a health worker obtains a sample for COVID-19 testing from her, February 18, 2021. Photo: Quang Dinh / Tuoi Tre

Passengers at Eastern Bus Station in Binh Thanh District, Ho Chi Minh City line up for COVID-19 testing, February 18, 2021. Photo: Quang Dinh / Tuoi Tre

Tubes for COVID-19 testing are seen at Eastern Bus Station in Binh Thanh District, Ho Chi Minh City, February 18, 2021. Photo: Quang Dinh / Tuoi Tre

Tu Trinh, a passenger at Eastern Bus Station in Binh Thanh District, Ho Chi Minh City undergoes nasal sampling for COVID-19 tests, February 18, 2021. Photo: Quang Dinh / Tuoi Tre

Health workers take samples for COVID-19 testing from passengers at Eastern Bus Station in Binh Thanh District, Ho Chi Minh City, February 18, 2021. Photo: Quang Dinh / Tuoi Tre

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The Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control is organizing an emergency online meeting after the city’s Center for Disease Control and Prevention (HCDC) on Monday morning reported 24 people being positive with COVID-19 at first test.

All were transferred to quarantined zones, and HCDC is tracking down for people who had contact with them.

Several locations in the city have also been blockaded, with chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Nguyen Thanh Phong requesting a strict control over the locked down areas to make sure people will not enter or exit.

Local authorities are conducting blockade at Ho Chi Minh City’s Ma Lang neighborhood in District 1’s Nguyen Cu Trinh Ward on the night of February 7, 2021. Photo: Dan Thuan / Tuoi Tre

The Minsitry of Health is very concerned as the source of the infection cluster in Ho Chi Minh City has not been determined yet, Minister of Health Nguyen Thanh Long said at the meeting.

The 24 positive cases were reported after city the annouced four new cases of locally-transmitted COVID-19 with all being staff members at Ho Chi Minh City’s Tan Son Nhat International Airport the same morning.

Currently, the number of people in contact with infected cases in Binh Thanh District has mounted to 303.

However, there have been reported cases in which direct contacts of patient No.1,979, a baggage handler at Tan Son Nhat Airport, were tested negative for the coronavirus but results of some indrect contacts came back postive.

HCDC is working with the Pasteur Institute in Ho Chi Minh City to conduct antibody tests to determine the infectious nature of those cases.

HCDC director Nguyen Tri Dung at the meeting mentioned the possibility that the positive cases are those having recovered from the disease previously.

“Ho Chi Minh City needs to act quickly and urgently as we have done, but more seriously,” Minister of Health Nguyen Thanh Long stated, expressing his concern over the spread of the virus from patient No.1,979 and his team members to the community.

The minster also requested the city to quickly zone the areas with infection cases as well as test all cases related.

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About 1,800 staff members of a hospital in Ho Chi Minh City have been tested for the novel coronavirus after a COVID-19 patient had visited the infirmary prior to his diagnosis.

The tests were conducted by the Pasteur Institute and southern office of the Military Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology at 175 Military Hospital in Go Vap District on Monday night and early Tuesday morning.

Given the complicated development of the pandemic, the city’s administration previously ordered the testing of all doctors, nurses, and employees of 175 Military Hospital

As of Tuesday morning, 1,779 samples at 175 Military Hospital have tested negative for the novel coronavirus.

A health worker is being tested for COVID-19 at 175 Military Hospital in Go Vap District, Ho Chi Minh City, February 8, 2021. Photo: Tran Chinh / Tuoi Tre

Patient No. 1,979, an employee at Tan Son Nhat International Airport, had come to the infirmary twice before being confirmed as a COVID-19 patient on February 6.

All of his direct contacts have been tracked, quarantined, and tested for COVID-19.

Following the detection of patient No. 1,979, a total of 29 local infections, including his four colleagues, were documented in Ho Chi Minh City on Sunday and Monday.

Authorities in the southern metropolis have locked down 18 locations in seven districts linked to these patients.

COVID-19 tests are performed at 175 Military Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City, February 8, 2021. Photo: Tran Chinh / Tuoi Tre

On Monday evening, Chairman Nguyen Thanh Phong ordered the shutdown of all movie theaters, massage parlors, karaoke parlors, game centers, bars, beer clubs, discos, and wedding centers from noon on Tuesday until further notice.

Gas stations, essential retail stores, pharmacies and medical facilities will maintain normal operations, but with pandemic prevention rules strictly applied.

Vietnam has documented 2,053 COVID-19 cases as of Tuesday morning, with 1,472 recoveries and 35 deaths, according to the Ministry of Health.

COVID-19 tests are performed at 175 Military Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City, February 8, 2021. Photo: Tran Chinh / Tuoi Tre

Health workers put on protective clothing before collecting samples of doctors and nurses at 175 Military Hospital for COVID-19 testing on February 8, 2021. Photo: Tran Chinh / Tuoi Tre

A health worker puts on protective clothing before collecting samples of doctors and nurses at 175 Military Hospital for COVID-19 testing on February 8, 2021. Photo: Tran Chinh / Tuoi Tre

Health workers take a break during COVID-19 testing process at 175 Military Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City, February 8, 2021. Photo: Tran Chinh / Tuoi Tre

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Nearly 10,000 employees at Noi Bai International Airport in Hanoi were put through COVID-19 testing on Tuesday in a precautious attempt to minimize the risk of transmission.

The mass sampling, which included all high-risk staffers at the airport, started in the afternoon and was not able to conclude until late at night.

It was carried out by the medical centers of several districts in Hanoi, including Soc Son, Long Bien, Me Linh, Bac Tu Liem, and Hoai Duc.

Testing samples will be processed at selected hospitals in the capital, including Saint Paul, Thanh Nhan, Duc Giang, Son Tay, Ha Dong, and Hanoi Lung Hospital.

According to Vu Duc Hanh, deputy director of Hanoi’s Department of Health, the sampling process had gone through 7,300 airport staffers by 7:00 pm on Tuesday and finished the same night.

Four hundred and eighty-four local infections have been logged in 13 provinces and cities since a new wave struck Vietnam on January 28, including 327 in Hai Duong Province, 53 in Quang Ninh Province, 28 in Hanoi, and 33 in Ho Chi Minh City.

The risk of further community spread stays extremely high in Ho Chi Minh City because the virus has hit Tan Son Nhat International Airport, with the source of infection still unknown, health authorities said.

A medical worker collects samples for COVID-19 testing from a Noi Bai International Airport staffer in Hanoi, February 9, 2021. Photo: Hoang Phong / Tuoi Tre

Workers of Noi Bai International Airport queue up for COVID-19 testing in Hanoi, February 9, 2021. Photo: Hoang Phong / Tuoi Tre

A medical worker collects samples for COVID-19 testing from a Noi Bai International Airport staffer in Hanoi, February 9, 2021. Photo: Hoang Phong / Tuoi Tre

Medical workers process health declarations from Noi Bai International Airport staffers in Hanoi, February 9, 2021. Photo: Hoang Phong / Tuoi Tre

Medical workers process health declarations from Noi Bai International Airport staffers in Hanoi, February 9, 2021. Photo: Hoang Phong / Tuoi Tre

A medical worker is disinfected before taking samples for COVID-19 testing from employees at Noi Bai International Airport in Hanoi, February 9, 2021. Photo: Hoang Phong / Tuoi Tre

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Test results of 6,984 cases deemed at high risk of COVID-19 infection in Ho Chi Minh City have all come out negative, reported the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Health on Friday.

As per the report, medical agencies of the city have collected 271 samples from drivers, 2,130 from industrial zones and offices, 2,265 from wholesale markets, 141 from bus stations, 470 from supermarkets and 1,707 from residential areas.

It is also revealed that 8,404 test specimens taken from medical practitioners, caretakers and inpatients at local hospitals also came out negative.

In light of the recent developments of COVID-19 transmission, the city have detected and squared off high-risk areas for fumigation, testing and contact tracing.

In a bid to minimize transmission at the Tan Son Nhat airdrome, Ho Chi Minh City’s authority ordered that all airport staffers take the COVID-19 test daily and only show up at work if the test for the day comes out negative.

Earlier, the Ho Chi Minh City Center for Disease Control stated that the city is rushing to sample other high-risk clusters for COVID-19 testing before January 14, while 2,485 samples are still under processing.

Within the span of five days from February 6 to 10, eight staff members of Tan Son Nhat International Airport were tested positive for the novel coronavirus, all of whom are ground service staffers and baggage handlers under Vietnam Airport Ground Services Company Limited (VIAGS).

Ho Chi Minh City recorded the first patient of the new wave, a luggage handler at Tan Son Nhat International Airport, on February 6.

It has recorded an additional 34 domestic cases ever since, most traced back to the airport.

City authorities have shuttered non-essential services like bars, clubs, and karaoke parlors to stall COVID-19 spread.

They have canceled Lunar New Year fireworks displays to prevent large gatherings.

Local residents are told to wear face masks in public, wash hands, keep safe distance, avoid crowds, and declare health status.

Vietnam has documented 2,142 coronavirus patients, including 1,248 locally-transmitted infections, as of Saturday morning, according to the Ministry of Health.

Thirty-five patients have died of the pathogen, most having suffered chronic underlying medical conditions.

Health authorities give an update on patient counts at 6:00 am and 6:00 pm every day.

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