The suspected case is a 55-year-old woman.
The roads leading to Ca Na hamlet, An Binh commune, Phu Giao district, Binh Duong province were blocked.
In the following days, this woman showed symptoms of headache, fatigue, and sore throat.
On January 29, after hearing about the epidemic in Hai Duong, she went to Phu Giao Medical Center to make a medical declaration.
According to the Binh Duong Department of Health, this is the first positive case in this province related to the epidemic from Hai Duong.
Phu Giao District Medical Center screens cases related to suspected infection.
Mr. Doan Van Dong, Chairman of the People’s Committee of Phu Giao district, said that he had requested the People’s Committee of An Binh commune to implement social isolation with the remaining hamlets according to Directive 16 for 15 days, from 0:00 on January 31.
Accordingly, people are required to stay at home and only go out in case of absolute necessity such as buying food, medicine, giving first aid, working at a factory… Commune officials will work.
The Department of Education and Training of this province also gave 400,000 students a Tet holiday from February 1 to prevent Covid-19.
Previously, Binh Duong province asked the Provincial Labor Federation to mobilize workers whose hometowns are experiencing epidemics to stay and celebrate Tet.
The Binh Duong health sector sprayed disinfectant in the area where suspected cases were detected.
In the past four days, 221 community infections have been recorded by the Ministry of Health, with two main epidemic clusters: Chi Linh City, Hai Duong, and Van Don Airport, Quang Ninh.