Ho Chi Minh City basically contains COVID-19 hotbeds
VGP - Ho Chi Minh City's Health Department said the city has basically contained the local clusters of COVID-19, adding that the city recorded 49 COVID-19 infection cases as of 7pm on March 31, 11 of them fully recovered.
Among 196 samples collected from those who were related to the Buddha bar in District 1, 166 tested negative for COVID-19, 11 positive, and 19 are waiting for results.
Of more than 2,900 people who had contact with them, four were found positive, 505 negative and more than 2,400 on the waiting list.
The medical sector collected 306 samples from Muslims in District 8, including those who had close contact with patients and attended a ceremony at a local mosque. All of them have tested negative. At present, 176 are under concentrated quarantine at the Viet nam National University – Ho Chi Minh City and 122 others self-quarantine at home.
No new infection has been detected among this group since March 15.
Up to 179 samples from those who attended a funeral in Binh Chanh district were also collected, with 86 negative and 93 others still waiting. Since March 23, no new infection case has been found among this group./. VNA
