[293] After studying 62 infected employees of the Ho Chi Minh City Hospital of Tropical Diseases, the expert team concluded that their SARS-CoV-2 viral load was 251 times higher than Wuhan strain, but much lower than unvaccinated patients. This patient had previously been in Daegu for several days in February and, prior to testing positive, had already been quarantined along with all passengers on the same flight from South Korea since he re-entered Vietnam. In the latest wave of COVID-19 since April, Vietnam has recorded more than 83,000 infections and 335 deaths. [81][82], Later on 4 February, the 10th case was identified. [120], On 22 March, Vietnam recorded over fourteen new patients, surpassing over 100 patients for the first time. Covid lockdown in Vietnam could keep coffee prices 'relatively - CNBC [58] However, due to the country's widespread vaccination coverage, deaths remained low in proportion to the number of confirmed cases. This raises concerns about an outbreak from people who entered illegally into the city area. [177] Eight primary, secondary, and high schools closed,[178] 12 universities have been closed since 2 December until further notice, consequently approximately 8,200 pupils, 160,000 university students and 6,000 lecturers are off from schools and universities, all school exams, meetings, conferences, out-door activities have been cancelled or postponed, three residential areas with 148 households and 485 people are on temporary lockdown. COVID: How the delta variant has shattered Vietnam's success 17. One was a one-year-old boy in District 6. Directive 10 mandates that non-essential business services, spontaneous marketplaces, and public passenger transportation must be halted and no more than three individuals may gather in public spaces with the minimum distance of 1.5 meters. [43] On 20 August, Nguyn Thnh Phong was dismissed by the Politburo as chairman of the People's Committee of Ho Chi Minh City. According to a previous plan, Ho Chi Minh City would hold a fireworks display on 30 April at 5 places. The patient (case #17), a 26-year-old woman, had been travelling across Europe during the outbreak. [229][230] Amid the complex developments of the COVID-19 pandemic, border guards of the northern province of Lo Cai have worked with Chinese counterparts to strengthen patrols along the border. From January 2021, foreigners will not be allowed to enter Vietnam to ensure safety for the major political event of the country, the 13th National Congress of the Communist Party. [191][192], On 28 January, Vietnam Ministry of Health confirmed two community cases of COVID-19 in Hi Dng and Qung Ninh. [59], In March 2022, Prime Minister Phm Minh Chnh declared COVID-19 to be "endemic" and considered ending daily reporting of new cases. The number of COVID-19 cases connected with this outbreak was 238, including: 90 cases at the hospital and 148 people in community.[250][251][252]. [110], On 12 March morning, Vietnamese Ministry of Health reported the 39th case of the country. With just 288 cases and zero deaths, this Southeast Asia country acted faster than most. Full genome sequencing of the case revealed variant VOC 202012/01 that was reported from the UK, it was also discovered that this strain also had the D614G mutation, which is believed to spread rapidly in Da Nang 45 months ago. Major cases were recorded at the Nidec Sankyo factory (238 cases),[290] Phm Ngc Thch Hospital, which was treating TB and HIV patients (25 cases), the Hc Mn wholesale market (58 cases), Bnh in market (56 cases) and Ch Ha Prison (81 cases). [56] The number of new cases began to fall to several thousand per day in mid-September, and restrictions were eased. More than 25,000 close contacts identified and tested. [274], On 26 May, a positive case linked to a Christian mission was discovered in G Vp District. Nguyn Th Mng Ngc, Director of the province's Department of Health, said the province has identified three main sources of infection. Speed up the completion of the new Kien Giang General Hospital and using the old provincial general hospital as a field hospital if the epidemic becomes more severe. [30] Initially, the government only quarantine the areas directly related to the infected people to limit the economic impact. [240], On 29 April, the Ministry of Health confirmed 45 new cases, including five from local transmission (four people from the same family in H Nam Province and one in Ho Chi Minh City). [298] The Department of Health of Bnh Dng province said that among the current outbreaks, the most dangerous clusters is the one in Tn Phc Khnh ward, Tn Uyn town and at the company in Bnh Chun ward, Thun An City. [292] Notably, when Ho Chi Minh City Hospital for Tropical Diseases tested RT-PCR for 887 employees on 13 June, it recorded 53 positive cases with COVID-19. The outbreak in here and related restrictions on movement have impacted its manufacturing-led economy, forcing the closure of factories. Stage 2: Localized community transmission, Stage 3: Large-scale community transmission, This page was last edited on 26 January 2023, at 19:48. "The rate of close contacts (who used to be negative) becoming positive is very high. When the virus was first identified in China in late 2019, lockdown seemed extreme. The first one was a 33-year-old Japanese businessman who had been working in Hai Phong since June. During first 15 days of lockdown, the city set up 38 checkpoints surrounding G Vp, effectively controlling the infection chain linked to the mission, which had approximately 6 hundred cases. The disease prevention in the locality is difficult because the province has many industrial parks, hostels with a large number of workers from all over the country come here every day. Most of these are related to a single Hi Dng migrant worker, who was diagnosed with the UK coronavirus variant by Japanese authorities after arriving in Osaka on 17 January. [281] On 24 August, the Ho Chi Minh City Military High Command worked with the People's Committee and finished preparing 10 hectares of land with 5,000 graves and an additional 5 hectares for mass burial if the crematoriums in the city were overloaded. [232] Vietnam also donated $500,000 to Cambodia along with 800 ventilators, 2 million medical masks and 300,000 N95 masks. After seven days of extensive testing, the health sector recorded an additional 388 positive cases residing in two alleys 328, 330 and other nearby apartments. Due to their characteristics, industrial parks cannot shift to online work while ventilation conditions in many workplaces is limited. [200], On 15 February, Hanoi CDC recorded one case was a deceased 53-year-old Japanese expert, his body was found inside Somerset West Point hotel room. Clusters have been found in industrial parks in Bac Giang province and then in at least ten major hospitals in the country. City health officials quarantined 343 close contacts and tested them; all the tests were negative. Another cause for the rapid spread of the disease in industrial zones, according to the leaders of Bc Giang province, is the Provincial Management Board of Industrial Parks and the Department of Health was too slow when detect and isolate infected workers at the beginning, especially at the outbreak in Vn Trung industrial park. 5 was tested positive, making the number of cases in Vietnam 16. All cases linked with POYUN or Van Don International Airport. H Ch Minh: Ly mu xt nghim ngu nhin trong cng ng ti Bn xe min ng", "Nng: 2 ph n nhp cnh tri php cng nhm bnh nhn 1440 v TP H Ch Minh", "C Mau cch ly mt ngi vt bin chung bnh nhn 1440", "Another illegal Vietnamese entrant infected with new coronavirus - VnExpress International", "Pht hin bin th mi ca SARS-CoV-2 ti Vit Nam", "Vit Nam dng n chuyn bay t quc gia c bin th nCoV", "Nam thanh nin dng tnh nCoV sau khi ht cch ly", "Nhm kt qu xt nghim khin 'bnh nhn 1498' ri khu cch ly", "Vietnam mandates 14-day quarantine for all foreign experts, flight crew", "Ngng cch ly ti nh, lun chun b cho tnh hung pht hin COVID-19 ti cng ng", "Hai ngi Hi Dng v Qung Ninh ly nhim nCoV cng ng", "C gi Hi Dng dng tnh Nht nhim bin chng nCoV Anh", "Thm 82 ca nhim COVID-19, Th tng yu cu khoanh vng, cch ly truy vt thn tc", "Hi Dng gin cch x hi t 12h tra nay", "B Y t yu cu ton b nhn vin y t c nc xt nghim Covid-19", "Ngi Nht t vong H Ni nhim bin chng nCoV mi", "Ngi Nht t vong H Ni c ghi nhn 'bnh nhn 2229', "Ghi nhn 53 ca nhim COVID-19 trong cng ng", "Sn bay Vn n m ca tr li t ngy 3/3", "Qung Ninh s phong ta ton b th x ng Triu t 0h ngy 3/2", "C bn khng ch dch COVID-19, Qung Ninh khng c ca bnh mi trong cng ng", "B th Hi Dng: 'Bc u kim sot c dch bnh', "Tnh hnh khng ch 5 dch COVID-19 ln ti Hi Dng", "Dch bnh phc tp hn Cm Ging; TP Hi Dng ngh ngi dn khng ra khi nh", "SARS-CoV-2 virus variant A.23.1 first detected in Vietnam", "Gn 400 ca nCoV, dch xut hin thm Tn Sn Nht", "H Ni bn pho hoa 1 im, tng thut trc tip phc v nhn dn | Tin tc mi nht 24h - c Bo Lao ng online - Laodong.vn", "Hanoi reopens indoor dining with Covid-19 restrictions", "Hi Dng starts to ease lockdown measures in places, enters 'new normal', "Vietnam plans 13 repatriation flights for next month", "Tng cng lc lng kim tra, tun tra phng, chng dch bnh vng bin gii", "Hanoi to roll out mass testing for Covid-19 amid fears of imported cases", "Hanoi tests 4,000 people at risk of contracting COVID-19", "H Ni bt u xt nghim sng lc ngu nhin COVID-19 trong cng ng", "Hanoi relic sites, tourist attractions reopen", "Mt tuyn ng Bnh Dng b phong to", "Thng bo khn: Tm ngi trn chuyn bay VJ458 t Ph Quc v H Ni ngy 22/3", "Hi Phng pht hin hai ca dng tnh trong cng ng", "Tng cng tun tra, kim sot trn tuyn bin gii ti Lo Cai", Kin Giang d tr tnh hung dch ly lan ra cng ng, Lp thm 185 t cht kim sot bin phng, ngn chn xut nhp cnh tri php, B Y t Vit Nam sn sng h tr B Y t Campuchia trong cng tc phng, chng dch COVID-19, Khn cp thit lp "l chn" chng dch COVID-19 ti ng bin, nhanh chng xy dng bnh vin d chin, B Y t yu cu lp bnh vin d chin ti Cn Th, TP H Ch Minh hy bn pho hoa mng l 30/4 - 1/5, Mt nhn vin khch sn Yn Bi, 4 ngi nhp cnh mc Covid-19, "Chng virus COVID-19 bin th n c mt ti Vit Nam Tui Tr Newspaper", B Y t chnh thc cng b 5 ca mc mi COVID-19 cng mt gia nh H Nam, Thm hai ngi H Nam, hai ngi H Ni ly nhim cng ng, Thm 3 ca dng tnh SARS-CoV-2, H Nam cch ly x hi mt x, "Xc nh bn ngun ly nhim Covid-19, Vit Nam phi thc hin nghim 5K", "Hi Dng ly mu xt nghim cho hn 39.000 ngi", 5 dch Covid-19 ln ang bng pht ti Vit Nam, " dch BV Bnh Nhit i Trung ng c tng cng 42 ca dng tnh SARS-CoV-2", Pht hin thm 14 ca nghi Covid-19 ti Bnh vin Bnh nhit i Trung ng, TP HCM vt Bc Ninh, s ca Covid-19 cao th hai c nc, "Bc Ninh thnh 'im nng' mi vi 46 ca, ch sau H Ni, c x 34 ca", "Dch COVID-19 ko di c thng do Bc Ninh cch ly, phong ta khng nghim", "Tn hiu lc quan t tm dch COVID-19 Bc Giang, Bc Ninh", Xut hin 5 dch siu ly nhim trong hn 10 ngy qua, National Cancer Hospital put under lockdown, more infections detected, "Bc Giang: D bo s F0 vn tng, s xut hin thm ca nhim ngoi cng ng do n giai on khi pht", "N lc dp dch trong khu cng nghip Bc Giang", "Bc Giang: dch cng ty Hosiden nguy him, nhiu cng nhn nhim bnh". Vietnam reported just 1,500 cases of COVID-19 during the whole of 2020, and was the only nation in Southeast Asia to record positive growth for the year. Vietnam had zero Covid-19 deaths It may seem like Vietnam got off easy, but that's not by chance. Passengers must provide COVID-19 negative certificate issued by the host country within three days before boarding. At the meeting, military officials said that the death rate in the field hospital was 2.56%, 94.2% in the ICU center, and 3.42% with home treatment. "The city has prepared for an emergency situation, if the full capacity of these hospitals is used, Can Tho will be able to receive and treat about 1,200 cases of COVID-19", Nguyen Phuoc Ton - Deputy director of the Department of Health of Can Tho said. Around 1.8 million of 98 million people, or 1.8 per cent of the country's population, have been fully vaccinated, one of the lowest rates in the region. Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information. [140] The ministry rolled out extensive countermeasures and immediately sent a group of doctors from Cho Ray Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City to Da Nang to assist with the case. HANOI (Reuters) - Vietnam, which has reported under 300 cases of coronavirus and no deaths since the first infections were detected in January, said on Wednesday it would start lifting tough. However, one patient sample in Hai Duong city was infected with South African variant. [273], In August, Nng discovered two large clusters are Ha Cng market and Th Quang fishing port. , however, the rate of people receiving two doses was just about 0.5%.[314][315]. A few days later the reinforcement from the Command of Naval Region 5 of the Vietnam People's Navy has sent more ships to patrol key areas, using radar to detect any boats coming from Cambodia. V sao B Y t cng b ca t vong, ca nhim chm hn a phng? [262] Notably, the newly discovered cluster at Hosiden Vietnam Company (Quang Chu Industrial Park) has recorded a total of 660 cases (11% of its total employees). [187] On 5 January, PM Phuc ordered to suspend flights from countries and territories infected with the new variant, the first two are South Africa and the United Kingdom. [26][27] Sporadic community infections continue during November and December, causing public scare and heightened measures. When total cases reached a few thousands per day, the Central government decided to lock down the entire Southern Region with 35 million people, along with the capital, Hanoi, to contain the spread. The patient was hospitalized at the National Hospital for Tropical Diseases. [147][148][149][150], On 31 July, Vietnam confirmed 82 new cases, including 45 cases in Da Nang, 20 cases in Hanoi, 8 cases in Quang Nam Province, 6 cases in Ba Ria-Vung Tau Province, and 3 cases in Ho Chi Minh City. "Ho Chi Minh City has 1.6 million workers; if the disease is not well controlled, it will cause a health crisis," Minister Long emphasized. [10], When the pandemic spreads across the globe, the coronavirus cases in the country also surged, and on the evening of 6 March, the Hanoi Department of Health confirmed the first case in the capital, a 26-year-old woman who had travelled to Europe. She had flown back to Vietnam in a private jet with quarantined cabin after becoming aware that case No. Deputy Prime Minister V c am, head of the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control, urged all competent forces to remain vigilant and stand ready to deal with new developments of the pandemic. Mr Hancock and top civil servant Simon Case joked about travellers 'locked up' in quarantine hotels during Covid lockdown The health secretary said the Government should 'get heavy with the police . Vietnam's Covid-19 hotspot Ho Chi Minh City has twice extended its lockdown, hitting manufacturers trying to export items such as clothing; An economist said the fourth wave is more devastating . The High Command also requested the Minister of Defence to provide additional 4,000 body bags. Vietnam to ease nationwide coronavirus lockdown | Reuters But after half a month the outbreak still showed no signs of stopping, so on 15 February, entire province of Hai Duong was locked down for 15 days while Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City stopped all entertainment activities across the city. Emerging COVID-19 success story: Vietnam's commitment to containment ", "Ba ngi Vit Nam nhim vim phi V Hn", "Bnh nhn nhim virus corona u tin xut vin", "Vietnam declares novel coronavirus epidemic", "Qung Ninh ng ca cc im xut hng trn tuyn bin gii gip Trung Quc", "Ngi dn ln Mng Ci sang Trung Quc c yu cu quay v", "Dng ton b chuyn bay gia Vit Nam v Trung Quc t chiu nay", "T 3/2, tt c ngi nhp cnh t Trung Quc v Vit Nam c cch ly", "Thm mt ngi Vnh Phc dng tnh nCoV", "Ba bnh nhn vim phi corona xut vin", "B gi Vnh Phc 3 thng tui dng tnh nCoV", "Ngi dn sng cch ly vng dch Vnh Phc ra sao? [74] Noticeably, this case was the first domestic transmission in Vietnam, leading to an epidemic declaration signed by the Vietnamese Prime Minister and calls for border tightening, aviation permits revoked, and visa restriction. The number of cases began to increase rapidly after the couple selling milk tea in Th Du Mt City tested positive in mid-June. (This includes the Reuters. Along with that, Vietnam started its mass COVID-19 vaccination campaign on the next day.[35][36]. Long weekend becomes 9-week lockdown for AP Vietnam reporter 17. [284][285] After just six days, 20 out of 22 districts and Ho Chi Minh City's key industrial parks had COVID-19 cases. [107] Before the end of the day, the 34th case was identified, a 51-year-old businesswoman who had visited the United States, with a brief transit in Korea and Qatar during the trip. As the delta variant of COVID-19 has surged through Vietnam over the past two months, the country's central provinces have endured the strictest lockdown measures to date. The program is implemented with 3 main activities, including: take samples for testing at home, providing medicine boxes and a number of health-promoting products, and at the same time supporting health counseling, provide food packages for infected people and their family members to stay at home, reducing the risk of spread. No cases reported for nearly two weeks. [119] On 22 March, another case also related to the Islamic activities is a fellow Muslim who returned from Malaysia also attended in the same Sri Petaling mosque, before went back to Vietnam and still did Islamic praying five times a day in Jamiul Anwar mosque, despite being asked to quarantine at home. [172], On 29 November, the Ministry of Health recorded a newly confirmed case of COVID-19 known as patient 1342, he was a 28-year-old male Vietnam Airlines flight attendant who returned to Vietnam from Japan on 14 November. In January 2022, the country recorded more than 2 million cases and over 36,000 deaths, accounting for 1.7% of the total number of cases. During the home-quarantine, the flight attendant has had direct contacts with three people including his mother and his two friends (one male and one female). timeline by Michael Safi. [45][46][47] One of the main reasons for this outbreak is a four-day holiday for Reunification Day and International Workers' Day, which saw many vacation destinations packed with travelers. Matt Hancock joked about travellers 'locked up' in hotels during Covid [24][25] After two months, by using the same strategies that have been used in the first outbreak, Vietnam has successfully contained the disease for the second time and has resumed almost all economic activities, including international commercial flights. [105], On 10 March, a 24-year-old Vietnamese woman who had just returned from England and previously had close contact with case No.
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