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One more hospital in HCMC suspends operations after Covid-19 case detected The Saigon Times The main entrance of the District 4 Hospital in HCMC, which has announced its temporary closure to prevent the spread of Covid-19 - PHOTO: TNO HCMC - The District 4 Hospital in HCMC today, June 18, temporarily stopped receiving outpatients after a person who visited it tested positive for the coronavirus. The person was identified as the hospital’s outpatient, who is suffering from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. The patient underwent a rapid test because of cough and fever on June 17. The test result came back negative for the coronavirus, but a RT-PCR test showed the case is positive for the virus. The HCMC Center for Disease Control is tracing contacts of the case and determining the source of infection, while the hospital is suspending its operations, the local media reported. Earlier, many other hospitals in the city had shut down after their staff or patients … [Read more...] about One more hospital in HCMC suspends operations after Covid-19 case detected

Deputy PM suggests second thought on citywide social distancing in HCMC The Saigon Times An area in District 12’s Thanh Loc Ward is locked down. Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam says large-scale social distancing in HCMC should not be extended - PHOTO: PLO HCMC – Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam, speaking at a teleconference with HCMC on June 17, stressed that the city should not protract its citywide social distancing order as it is leaving enormous impact on the economy and society. Dam, who is also the head of the national steering committee for Covid-19 infection prevention and control, told the city to find ways to determine Covid-19 infection clusters and their sources of infection as quickly as possible, the local media reported. Social distancing is aimed at slowing down the spread of the coronavirus, tracing contacts, determining sources of infection and identifying affected areas. Inside Covid-19-hit areas, anti-pandemic measures must be strictly enforced … [Read more...] about Deputy PM suggests second thought on citywide social distancing in HCMC

Medical worker in HCMC infected with Covid-19 The Saigon Times Trung Vuong Hospital in HCMC. A male nurse of the hospital has been found to be infected with Covid-19 – PHOTO: TNO HCMC – A male nurse of the HCMC-based Trung Vuong Hospital has been found to be infected with Covid-19, a representative of the hospital said this afternoon, June 18. The hospital discovered the nurse, who works at the hospital’s Department of Orthopedics, was infected with the disease after it performed a Covid-19 test for all of its employees. The hospital reported the case to the HCMC Center for Disease Control and is discussing response measures, reported Tuoi Tre newspaper. Earlier, a married couple went to the hospital on June 8 for a medical check-up. After they declared their health status, the medical workers suspected they might have been exposed to the coronavirus and decided to take them to a quarantine zone for a Covid-19 screening test. Their results came out positive … [Read more...] about Medical worker in HCMC infected with Covid-19

The city wants the Metro 4b line, which is in the process of project documentation, to eventually connect all three terminals of the Tan Son Nhat International Airport in HCMC and runs to Long Thanh being built in its neighboring province of Dong Nai. The proposal for the metro link between the airports is contained in a proposal the city made for the national railway development plan for the next decade with vision until 2050. The proposed route will also boost connectivity between the two localities and Thu Duc City, the new city within HCMC, the proposal says. Under the current plan, Metro 4b will run underground with three stations for a total length of 3.2 kilometers, connecting the Gia Dinh Park in Phu Nhuan District with Lang Cha Ca intersection south of Tan Son Nhat in Tan Binh District. Construction of the VND109 trillion ($4.6 billion) first phase of Long Thanh International Airport began earlier this year. The first phase is set to be completed by 2025, giving the … [Read more...] about HCMC proposes metro link to new mega airport

Of the new patients, 11 are associated with the cluster that emerged from the Revival Ekklesia Mission, a Christian congregation based in Go Vap District, 24 are related to a food company at an industrial park, 101 are related to the previously confirmed cases and 13 are being contact traced to find the sources of infection. On Friday evening only, health authorities confirmed 59 new local Covid-19 cases in Vietnam, raising the national tally in the fourth wave starting April 27 to 9,173. Of the new cases, 30 were recorded in HCMC, 19 in Bac Giang, six in Bac Ninh, three in Ha Tinh and one in Hoa Binh. All the cases in the northern provinces of Bac Giang, Bac Ninh and Hoa Binh are associated with current outbreaks in the industrial parks there. The cases in HCMC and Ha Tinh are related to the previously confirmed Covid-19 patients. Vietnam recorded 259 community transmissions in total Friday. Eighty discharges the same day raised the total number of recoveries to 4,733. … [Read more...] about HCMC Covid-19 cases scale daily high