39 doctors and nurses at Tu Du Hospital tested for nCoV urgently 7
Director of the City Department of Health Nguyen Tan Binh said the above information while working with Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh on the situation of Covid-19 prevention, on the morning of April 28.
According to doctor Nguyen Tri Dung, Director of the Ho Chi Minh City Center for Disease Control (HCDC), the 33-week pregnant child had signs of abnormal vaginal bleeding, used a Vietnamese identity card, and was admitted to the hospital without declaring anything.
The patient was admitted to the hospital with a diagnosis of placenta praevia.
Tu Du Hospital identified 39 cases of close contact with the mother and child, who are nurses and midwives.
Tu Du Hospital specializes in obstetrics, is a large hospital in Ho Chi Minh City, welcomes about 150-200 babies every day.
A representative of Tu Du Hospital on the afternoon of April 28 said that after recording the mother and child entering the country illegally, the hospital activated a rapid response mechanism for epidemiological investigation.
`Hospital operations are currently continuous and normal,` a hospital representative said.
Director of Ho Chi Minh City Department of Health Nguyen Tan Binh.
Ho Chi Minh City has not recorded a case of infection in the community for 75 days, since February 10.
`Vietnamese people in Cambodia will find a way to return to Vietnam. This is a huge risk for neighboring localities and Ho Chi Minh City,` Mr. Binh said.
Chairman of the City People’s Committee Nguyen Thanh Phong said that in the past month, the city has detected 108 people entering the country illegally.
HCDC also warns that there is currently a situation in Ho Chi Minh City where patients enter the country illegally, then take public buses or rent private cars to medical facilities for examination and treatment.
`Families with relatives living in Cambodia who want to return to Vietnam for medical examination and treatment need to comply with immigration regulations and quarantine regulations to avoid Covid-19 infection,` Dr. Dung advised.
