Flight attendant prosecuted for spreading contagious disease to others
The People’s Procuracy of Ho Chi Minh City announced on January 11 that it had approved the Investigation Security Agency’s decision to begin legal proceedings against a 28-year-old flight attendant, who is COVID-19 Patient No. 1,342, for “spreading contagious disease to others”.
HCM City (VNA) – The People’s Procuracy of Ho Chi Minh Cityannounced on January 11 that it had approved the Investigation Security Agency’sdecision to begin legal proceedings against a 28-year-old flight attendant, whois COVID-19 Patient No. 1,342, for “spreading contagious disease to others”.
Earlier on December 3, the Investigation Security Agencyunder the municipal Department of Public Security launched criminal proceedingsagainst this case.
Accordingly, from November 30 to December 1, the cityannounced four new cases of infection, including one in a quarantine facilityand three others in the community after going through 120 days without localtransmissions.
Specifically, Patient No. 1,342, a flight attendant ofnational flag carrier Vietnam Airlines, came into contact with Patient No. 1,325at a quarantine site. After testing negative twice from November 15-18, he wasplaced under quarantine at a rented apartment in HCM City’s Tan Binh district.
While in quarantine, he met with his mother and two friends.Later, on November 28, he tested positive to the virus and became patient No.1,342. He also went to the HCM City University of Technology.
After collecting samples for testing from patient No.1,342’s close contacts, the municipal Health Department found that patient No.1,347, who is a friend of patient No 1,342, delivered lectures at the KEYEnglish training centre in Tan Binh district from November 18 to 25 and atother branches in district 10, and also went to a café and a karaoke parlour indistrict 10.
A year-old baby boy also caught the disease from patient No.1,347 and tested positive on November 30. A 28-year-old female student of hiswas also infected.
Colonel Nguyen Sy Quang, Deputy Director of the municipalDepartment of Public Security, said that while the entire political system isexerting efforts to control the disease, one subjective and unconscious personcan lead to serious consequences.
Violations in the case resulted in serious consequences, sothe individuals and organisations concerned must be strictly punished, hestressed./.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has requested strict punishment for violations of COVID-19 prevention rules committed by individuals and organisations, which had resulted in infections in the community recently.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has assigned the Ministry of Transport and the Committee for Management of State Capital at Enterprises to consider the responsibility of Vietnam Airlines and its flight attendant for violations of COVID-19 prevention and control regulations, heard a Cabinet regular press conference on December 2.
Head of Vietnam Airlines' Cabin Crew Division Phan Ngoc Linh and deputy head of the division, Duong Quan Nhan, who is also head of the management board of the carrier’s southern boarding and concentrated quarantine establishment, have been suspended from work to clarify their responsibilities related to recent violations on COVID-19 prevention.
The Investigation Security Agency of the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Public Security on December 3 decided to launch criminal proceedings against persons who were involved in transmitting COVID-19, in accordance with Article 240 of the Criminal Code 2015.
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Vietnam Airlines' quarantine site (Photo: VNA) 
