The International Health Quarantine Centre of Ho Chi Minh City on June 1 said it has detected a Vietnamese woman with an illegal entry who had a fever.
The otherwise crowded and busy Tan Son Nhat airport in HCM City is quiet amidst the COVID-19 outbreak. (Photo: VNA)
HCM City (VNA) – The International Health QuarantineCentre of Ho Chi Minh City on June 1 said it has detected a Vietnamese womanwith an illegal entry who had a fever.
The woman was detected on May 28 at the local Tan Son Nhat InternationalAirport. Earlier, after entering the northern mountainous province of Cao Bangby trails, she travelled to the Noi Bai International Airport in Hanoi and tooka flight to HCM City.
Relevant municipal agencies have sent the woman toquarantine and collected her sample for COVID-19 test. The initial test resultwas negative for the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 that causes the disease.
After receiving the news, Deputy Minister of Health anddeputy head of the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention andControl Do Xuan Tuyen on May 31 directed the HCM City Health Department to takepreventive measures and inform relevant agencies to carry out such measures.
The committee also sent urgent dispatches to the Ministry ofDefence and Cao Bang People’s Committee, stressing the intensification ofcontrolling unauthorised entry via trails. If a unit lets such entry takeplace, it must take full responsibility for the problem. People detectingunauthorised entries in the community, meanwhile, ought to report itimmediately to authorities.
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