Immediately after receiving information about 2 cases of Covid-19 infection (patients 2473 and 2494) being quarantined foreign specialists after nation entry, Binh Duong proactively responded and promptly quarantined and handled those cases. Currently, the task is set with the functional force to prevent and control the cross-infection in the quarantine area at the hotels to ensure the health of staff on duty and experts.
Working delegation of Ministry of Health examine the pandemic prevention and control measures at Dai Nam Hotel
Health of close contacts controlled
Patient 2473 is a female of Chinese nationality and specialist of Vinh Sang Vietnam Co., Ltd. in Nam Tan Uyen Industrial Park of Uyen Hung ward in Tan Uyen town. On February 28, patient 2473 from Guangdong of China entered Tan Son Nhat airport on flight CZ3069, sitting at row 33A. After entering, the patient was taken to the quarantine ward at Dai Nam Hotel and was taken sample that had been sent to the Pasteur Institute of Ho Chi Minh City to test for Covid-19 and the sample gave a positive result. Immediately after that, the patient was transferred to isolation for treatment at Binh Duong provincial General Hospital. Accordingly, the health sector took a pooled sample of 1 driver and 1 medical staff of the Medical Center of Thu Dau Mot city to uncover an infected expert (patient 2473), and 3 staff members serving the quarantine area of Dai Nam hotel and 2 single samples of 1 medical staff of Binh Duong provincial Center for Disease Control and a driver of the Green Bamboo Transportation Company that have transported the infected experts.
Meanwhile, patient 2494 is a Taiwanese and expert of Jiang Men Co., Ltd., Kim Huy Industrial Park, Phu Tan ward, Thu Dau Mot city was found positive in the second sampling. Before that, this patient, along with other 43 experts was taken samples for the first time test of Covid-19 and all were negative. On February 19, patient 2494 entered Vietnam at Tan Son Nhat airport on flight BR391 at seat number 56G, was quarantined at Dai Nam Hotel.
Currently, the patient is isolated in room 1141; the structure of an isolated apartment consists of 3 separate rooms with their own toilet. Through a close contact investigation, 5 related cases were identified including 2 people living in rooms 1140 and 1142 (sharing the same apartment), 3 people working at the same company entered the same country and being contacted on February 19 were isolated in rooms 1138, 1144 and 1145. Currently the provincial health sector has treated and disinfected the entire area before transporting the infected people to Binh Duong provincial General Hospital for treatment in isolation. Five cases of close contact and related were further quarantined. Particularly for the 14-day isolation cases, the branch shall notify the locality where the resident is located to implement the isolation at home and under the close supervision of the health sector and tightened monitoring of hotel quarantine.
Safety ensured to prevent infection
Currently, the concentrated quarantine areas at hotels in the province have been very well ensured for disease prevention and control according to Decision No. 1246 of the Ministry of Health on “Guidance on paid temporary medical quarantine stay at the hotels in the Covid-19 epidemic prevention and control.”
Talking to us about the health control and monitoring of those in close contact with the two above patients, Nguyen Hong Chuong, Director of Department of Health emphasized, at this moment, Covid-19 infection prevention and control in the segregated areas at hotels have been the leading task to ensure the health of the quarantined staff and people. Currently, health is controlled not only on close-to-positive cases but quarantine specialists are also closely monitored in centralized quarantine facilities. As a rule, during 14 days of isolation, each case will be sampled for Covid-19 tests twice.
“However, during the quarantine, those who show symptoms of the disease will be tested immediately without having to wait until the 13th day. If a positive case is found, the department will immediately transfer the patient to Binh Duong provincial General Hospital for isolation, monitoring and treatment. Principles of contact in the isolated area must be ensured at a minimum distance of 2 meters in well-ventilated space and masks must be worn. One of the things to ensure the safety of the quarantine area is the strict observance of the rules of the quarantined people. The quarantined people must stay in a room without meeting anyone; do not gather many people; going out is limited; talking to others is also minimized," Chuong.
In fact, in the concentrated quarantine area, the F1s are the subjects with high risk of disease and virus infection, so the arrangement from rooms, living utensils to the isolation is strictly obeyed by hotels by the regulations of the Ministry of Health. Currently, the Steering Committee for disease prevention and control of Covid-19 in the province pays special attention to the prevention and avoidance of cross-infection in the quarantine area. The cases with manifestations of fever, cough, shortness of breath will be immediately separated, monitored and treated. Currently Dai Nam Hotel is working closely with Binh Duong provincial Center for Disease Control and the Medical Center of Thu Dau Mot City to monitor the health of people who are quarantined and handled when there is an identified infection case. Before that, this hotel also organized and trained staff directly in the quarantine area on measures to prevent and control infection, sanitization and disinfection.
Reported by Kim Ha – Translated by Vi Bao
