March 1, 2021
Vietnam’s Dong Thapp Province tightens control of border gates, trails after Vietnamese woman with COVID-19 enters illegally from Cambodia

HCM CITY— The People’s Committee in the Mekong Delta province of Dong Thap on Saturday instructed local authorities and agencies to strengthen control of border gates, trails and crossings following the illegal entry of a Vietnamese woman who tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 after illegally entering Vietnam from Cambodia.

Doan Tan Buu, vice chairman of the People’s Committee and standing deputy head of the Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control, said that health officials should quickly track down and quarantine people who have come into contact with the woman.

People who have had close contact with the woman’s contacts also should be tracked down and isolated at their home for medical surveillance, Buu said.

Previously, the woman was quarantined at Hong Ngu Vocational Training School after it was discovered that she illegally entered the province with another woman from Cambodia and booked a room at a guesthouse in aân Hong District’s Sa Rai town on February 23.

On February 25, testing results at HCM City Pasteur Institute showed that one of them had tested positive for COVID-19. The other woman tested negative for the virus.

The patient is being treated at Hong Ngu General Hospital in the province.

According to provincial agencies, 11 people have had close contact with the woman. Of these, nine, including three from Can Tho, have been quarantined. The remaining two are still being traced.

Forty people, who are contacts of her close contacts, are quarantined at home.
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