Saturday, August 8, 2009

Commonground comment on Transmissibility in Vietnam

Vietnam Summary

July 20: Total Cases 383

On July 8th, a family of 3 enter Vietnam from Canada. Father, Mother, Child all test positive. They have a dinner banquet that night to welcome the family back. 30 attend dinner. 17/24 got infected from that exposure. Child returns to school on 7/9 (Ngo The Times, Private School) . On July 19th test results come in. 3 teachers and 19 students are confirmed positive. On July 24th the total confirmed cases at the Ngo The Times school is 78. I stopped counting. The cases climb throughout Vietnam, stemming from that initial incident.

August 8: Total Cases 1,078.

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