152 F1 contacts linked to possible Japanese COVID-19 case
VOV.VN - Local authorities of Hai Phong city announced on October 6 that they have successfully tracked down 152 F1 cases who had come into close contact with a suspected Japanese novel coronavirus patient.
Each of the individuals has now had samples taken for testing and will undergo a period of quarantine at their own homes while they wait for their results.
Relevant forces are now tracking and identifying people who came into close contact with F1 cases.
Medical workers isolated and disinfected the Japanese expert’s residence, a hotel located in Le Chan district, along with his workplace based in the Vietnam-Singapore Industrial Park (VSIP).
The Japanese expert, working at the VSIP Hai Phong, had undergone a PCR test for COVID-19 at Osaka airport upon his return to Japan, with the results coming back positive for the SARS-CoV-2 virus.
Learning about the case, the VSIP company immediately scrambled to review the man’s travel history throughout Hai Phong.
The expert was sent to work in Vietnam on January 26, 2018, and eventually returned to Osaka (Japan) on October 5, 2020. During this period, he never left the northern port city.
Before his departure from Hai Phong for Japan, he held a farewell party with many of his colleagues in attendance.
