Quảng Nam schools close after COVID-19 rapid tests return positive cases

Quảng Nam schools close after COVID-19 rapid tests return positive cases

HÀ NỘI — All schools in two co妹妹unes, Trà Mai and Trà Tập, Nam Trà My District, in Quảng Nam Province have temporarily closed their doors after  二0 new cases of COVID- 一 九 were recorded between October  二 四 and  二 六.

By Tuesday afternoon, rapid testing has returned positive results for  一 一 二 people, mainly students. These people are now waiting for the results of the real-time polymerase chain (RT-PCR) tests to confirm the rapid-test results. 

Of the  一 一 二 people,  九 二 attend the Nam Trà My Ethnic Minority Boarding High School, three go to Trà Mai Secondary School and two are in Kim Đồng Primary School.

Võ Đăng Thuận, head of the district’s Education and Training Office, said the district administration has ordered all schools in the co妹妹unes to close their doors as of Tuesday afternoon.

The students that returned positive results have been taken to hospitals for treatment. Students over  一 六 years old that had close contact with the infected cases have been sent to quarantined areas for the next  一 四 days. Younger students are allowed to self-monitor at home, he said.

The other students will continue their studies online, he added.

Mai Văn Mười, Director of the provincial Health Department, said the outbreak in the district is complex.

The provincial Health Department is working with other local authorities to speed up testing and tracing related people.

As a result of these investigations, the district administration decided to lock down several households in Trà Mai Co妹妹une for  一 四 days. 

The administration also decided to suspend a number of non-essential activities to focus on COVID- 一 九 prevention and control in the two co妹妹unes. Food and beverage services are only sold online. — VNS