On Monday evening, the province conducted the Covid-19 testing for up to 20,000 people in seven communes and wards in Phu Ly City as well as labourers at Chau Son Industrial Park.
Through the testing, 10 Covid-19 patients were confirmed. They are all related to a 42-year-old woman in Phu Van Commune who tested positive for Covid-19 after returning from the southern province of Dong Nai, including her husband and two children.
A Covid-19 check-point in Phu Ly City
The woman came back home on August 22 and was sent to a quarantine site for 14 days. She tested negative for Covid-19 for three times before leaving the quarantine site. However, on September 19, she displayed some symptoms, including fever and cough. She then tested positive for Covid-19.
Phu Ly City decided to block three residential areas in Phu Van Commune and Liem Chinh Ward, affecting thousands of people. Schools in the province have been closed from September 21.
Local authorities have determined that more than 300 people came into close contact with the patients.
Phu Ly City has set a target to give the first shot of Covid-19 vaccine for all people aged from 18 in the next three days.
Ha Nam has asked the medical force of the northern provinces of Bac Giang, Nam Dinh and Hung Yen for supporting the Covid-19 vaccination and testing.
