Alley 651 is locked down on Sunday in Hà Nội after 21 people working for Thanh Nga Food Supply Co. Ltd are found positive for SARS-CoV-2.— VNA/VNS Photo Thanh Tùng

HÀ NỘI — Hà Nội City's Centre for Disease Control has issued a notice to urgently find people who visited Thanh Nga Food Supply Co. Ltd between July 14 and August 1.

People who visited the company during this time, should immediately self-quarantine at home and contact their local health station or call 0969.082.115/ 0949.396.115 for further guidance.

The company is located at No 15, Alley 651, Minh Khai Street, Thanh Lương Ward, Hai Bà Trưng District and its frozen goods warehouse at No 82, Alley 651, Minh Khai Street, Thanh Lương Ward, Hai Bà Trưng District, Hà Nội.

The company supplies meat to a number of supermarkets belonging to VinCommerce General Commercial Services Joint Stock Company (VCM) in Hà Nội. The company has 43 staff members and most live in the area where the frozen warehouse is located. 

On Sunday evening, the centre reported a total of 21 new cases of COVID-19 linked to the company.

On July 28, a 21-year-old female intern, living at 170 Văn Chương Alley, Đống Đa District, went to St. Paul’s Hospital for an examination after she showed symptoms of cough, fever and a sore throat. Her test for SARS-CoV-2 came back positive. The result was confirmed by the centre on Saturday.

Also on Saturday, Hai Bà Trưng District’s Medical Station investigated, verified and took samples from 30 people, who had direct contact with the patient, including 24 staff of the company.

On Sunday, the Hà Nội Centre for Disease Control confirmed 20 staff of the company were positive for SARS-CoV-2.

The centre has worked with the station and relevant agencies to investigate the movements of those infected persons and has traced the contacts of the patients.

Initial results show that as of 8pm on Sunday, about 300 households, equal to 1,000 people, were temporarily locked down.

So far, samples of 750 people in the lockdown area have been sent to St. Paul’s Hospital for SARS-CoV-2 tests.

VinCommerce General Commercial Services Joint Stock Company stopped receiving goods from Thanh Nga Food Supply Co. Ltd as soon as it was made aware of the COVID-19 outbreak.

VinCommerce General Commercial Services Joint Stock Company is a retail affiliate of Masan Group.

Currently, the supermarkets are actively coordinating with the authorities to trace related people and implement pandemic prevention measures. — VNS