Emerg Infect Dis. 2021 Jan;27(1):10-7. doi: 10.3201/eid2701.202656. Epub 2020 Nov 18.
We report on the public health response generated by an outbreak of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) that occurred during March 2020 at Bach Mai Hospital (BMH) in Hanoi, northern Vietnam's largest hospital complex. On March 18, a total of 3 distinct clusters of COVID-19 cases were identified at BMH. Diagnosis of the initial 3 COVID-19 cases led to contact tracing, symptom screening, and testing of 495 persons and limited quarantine of affected institutes or departments. When 27 staff members in the catering company tested positive for SARS-CoV-2, the entire BMH staff (7,664 persons) was put under quarantine. Contact tracing in the community resulted in an additional 52,239 persons being quarantined. After 3 weeks, the hospital outbreak was contained; no further spread occurred in the hospital. Rapid screening of cases, extensive testing, prompt quarantine, contact tracing, and social distancing contributed to prevent community transmission in Hanoi and northern Vietnam.
我们报告了 2020 年 3 月发生在越南北部最大的医院综合体——河内白梅医院（BMH）的冠状病毒病（COVID-19）爆发所引发的公共卫生应对措施。3 月 18 日，BMH 共发现 3 个不同的 COVID-19 病例集群。对最初的 3 例 COVID-19 病例的诊断导致对 495 人进行了接触者追踪、症状筛查和检测，并对受影响的机构或部门进行了有限的隔离。当餐饮公司的 27 名员工的 SARS-CoV-2 检测呈阳性时，整个 BMH 员工（7664 人）被隔离。在社区中的接触者追踪导致另外 52239 人被隔离。3 周后，医院的疫情得到控制；医院内没有再发生进一步的传播。快速筛查病例、广泛检测、及时隔离、接触者追踪和保持社交距离有助于防止河内和越南北部的社区传播。
