Official Dispatch No. 2358/TTKSBT-BTN dated July 28, 2020 of Ho Chi Minh City Center for Disease Control on organization of COVID-19 surveillance with those who have been traveled to Da Nang City since July 01, 2020

To: Directors of district-level Health Centers.

In implementing the Official Dispatch No. 2820/UBND-VX dated July 26, 2020 of the People’s Committee of Ho Chi Minh City on strengthening the prevention and control of COVID-19 epidemic in Ho Chi Minh City; Ho Chi Minh City Center for Disease Control hereby requests Directors of district-level Health Centers to implement measures of COVID-19 surveillance and prevention in the community as follows:

1. Subjects of surveillance: Those who have left Da Nang City from July 01, 2020 and now are staying in Ho Chi Minh City.

2. Regulations on quarantine and medical surveillance

All cases belong to subjects of surveillance must make health declaration as prescribed. Testing samples shall be sent to Ho Chi Minh City Center for Disease Control after being taken.

2.1. For cases of leaving Da Nang City ≤ 14 days:

- Cases showing any symptom related to COVID-19: Go to district-level hospitals to take testing samples and quarantine at quarantine zone of such hospitals.

- Cases in close contact with COVID-19 patients: Shall be taken testing samples and quarantined at districts (level-3 quarantine).

+ A person contacting patients before such patients onset:  Respiratory fluid sample shall be taken at least once and one blood sample.

+ A person contacting patients after such patients onset: Naso-pharyngeal swabs shall be taken at least 2 times.

- Those who have been to the area of C Hospital, Da Nang General Hospital and Orthopedic and Rehabilitation Hospital: Shall be taken testing samples at least 2 times and quarantined at districts (level-3 quarantine).

- Those who have been to places announced by the Ministry of Health (other than 3 above-mentioned hospitals and not in close contact with patients): Shall be taken testing samples ≥ 2 times and quarantined at districts (level-2 quarantine).

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