COVID-19: Hanoi yet to allow home quarantine for F0, F1 cases
VOV.VN - Hanoi has yet to implement an isolation plan for F1 and F0 cases at home despite a surge in coronavirus infections in the community these days, according to Khong Minh Tuan, deputy director of the Hanoi Center for Disease Control (CDC).
The capital has recorded a total of 5,104 COVID-19 cases, including 2,017 community cases during the fourth wave of infections, since the resurgence of the virus in late April. Last week alone saw the capital document an average of 90 new infections each day, the majority of which were community transmissions.
Several experts suggested that the capital should make a plan to isolate F1 cases (in direct contact with F0 cases) and treat asymptomatic and mild F0 cases at home.
However, Tuan said municipal authorities have yet to endorse such a plan, reasoning that the city still has enough capacity to treat F0 cases at hospitals and isolate F1 in concentrated facilities.
He expressed his concern about the feasibility of the plan as Hanoi is a large city with a high population density.
When the number of F0 cases increases to a certain extent, Tuan said, the city will establish mobile medical stations to treat asymptomatic F0 cases instead of taking them to hospitals.
According to the official, Hanoi also plans to establish a total of 508 mobile medical stations, with 20 of them to be located at industrial parks and in manufacturing areas.
