Vietnam: Will the health station in Ho Chi Minh City actively contact F0 cases to confirm completion of home isolation?
When will the F0 cases' home quarantine be lifted?
According to the guidance in subsection 7.1, section VII, Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of Covid-19 enclosed with Decision 250/QD-BYT of Vietnam in 2022 on the time limit for lifting home isolation for F0 cases as follows:
"VII. DISCHARGE AND PREVENTION OF INFECTION
7.1. Standards to lift isolation from managers, home care
For asymptomatic or mildly symptomatic COVID-19 patients who are eligible for isolation and home treatment as prescribed, isolation and treatment at home will be lifted when:
- The period of isolation and treatment is full 7 days and the rapid test result is negative for SARS-CoV-2 virus antigen performed by health workers or by the patient under the supervision of medical staff with at least either directly or indirectly through remote means.
- In case after 7 days the test result is still positive, continue to isolate for full 10 days for the person who has had the full dose of vaccine as prescribed; and 14 days for those who have not received the prescribed dose of vaccine.
- The medical station where the patient is managed is responsible for confirming the patient's recovery."
Vietnam: Will the Health Station in Ho Chi Minh City actively contact F0 cases to confirm completion of home isolation online?
How does F0 cases in Ho Chi Minh City apply for a certificate of completion of home isolation online?
According to the instructions in Official Dispatch 819/UBND-VX of Vietnam dated March 18, 2022, when the test result is negative for SARS-CoV-2, F0 cases will be isolated at home in Ho Chi Minh City for a certificate of completion of home isolation online, you need to follow these steps:
"2. Declaration of people who are F0 cases
When F0 cases have a negative SARS-CoV-2 test result, F0 cases takes the following steps:
- Take a picture of the antigen rapid test tray with negative result that has just been tested (write the name F0 cases and the date of testing on the tray before taking the picture, the antigen rapid test product must be on the list approved by the Ministry of Health). Medical license) or negative test results from medical facilities.
- Access the address: https://khaibaof0.tphcm.gov.vn (on a computer or smartphone with internet connection), select the item "KB completed isolation" to declare the date of negative test calculate, attach a picture of the negative test result.
- Once completed, F0 cases have declared information about negative test results will be transferred to the Health Station where F0 cases is isolated.
Note:
+ For F0 cases who have had a full dose of COVID-19 vaccine: within 10 days from the date of having a positive test result, if F0 cases does not declare a negative test result, the Health Station will contact F0 cases to carry out a rapid antigen test.
+ For F0 cases who have not had enough dose of COVID-19 vaccine: within 14 days from the date of having a positive test result, if F0 cases does not declare a negative test result, the Health Station will contact F0 cases to carry out a rapid antigen test.
+ Depending on the results of the antigen rapid test on the 10th or 14th day of F0 cases, the health station where the patient is managed is responsible for confirming recovery and proposing a time to complete the isolation."
According to the above regulations, for the case where F0 cases are isolated at home in Ho Chi Minh City, who declares F0 cases online and then fails to declare a negative test result, it depends on the number of doses of Covid-19 vaccine that F0 cases has injected. , the Health Station will contact that F0 cases to perform a rapid antigen test to confirm recovery and propose a time to complete the isolation.
How does the ward-level health station in Ho Chi Minh City receive F0 cases isolated at home to declare online?
According to the instructions in Official Dispatch 819/UBND-VX of Vietnam dated March 18, 2022, the ward-level health station in Ho Chi Minh City receives F0 cases isolated at home to declare online as follows:
"3. Commune health stations verify and issue certifications
When receiving a text message announcing the negative test result of F0 cases, the staff of the Health Station assigned to issue a confirmation of login to the Health Station account at https://covid19.medinet.org .vn:75 to perform the following steps:
- Check the information of negative test results after the isolation period is transferred to the "COVID-19 Management Digital Platform" via the Health Station's account:
+ In case the information on declaring negative test results is accurate, enough isolation time as prescribed, the Health Station confirms that F0 cases has completed the isolation on the system, then carry out procedures to issue a certificate of completion of medical isolation at home.
+ In case the declared information is incorrect (full name, year of birth, identity card/citizen identification is not correct with the attached identification documents), the image of the test result is not clear or is not consistent with the result of declaration, etc. The medical station refuses to receive on the system.
+ If by day 10 (for those who have received the full dose of vaccine), by day 14 (for those who have not received the full dose of vaccine), F0 cases has not yet declared a negative SARS-CoV-2 test result, the Health Station contact F0 cases to perform a rapid antigen test to prepare for the end of isolation. Depending on the results of the antigen rapid test on the 10th or 14th day of F0 cases, the Health Station where the patient is managed is responsible for confirming recovery and proposing a time to complete the isolation.
- The Steering Committee for COVID-19 prevention and control in wards, communes and townships issues a certificate of completion of medical isolation at home via email to F0 cases.
Note: In case F0 cases does not have an email, a paper copy can be received directly at the Health Station; After 5 days from the date of completion of home isolation, if F0 cases does not receive a paper copy directly at the Health Station, the Health Station will transfer the confirmation to the Residential Group to support home delivery to people./."
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