Wednesday, February 03, 2021, 09:00 GMT+7
A security guard checks the body temperature of people entering Mien Dong (Eastern) Bus Station in Binh Thanh District, Ho Chi Minh City, February 2, 2021. Photo: Hoang An / Tuoi Tre
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Society Vietnam reported nine new community cases of COVID-19 infection on Wednesday morning, bringing the national tally to 1,891 patients, with 1,461 recoveries and 35 virus-related deaths. Seventy-five students and ten teachers at Bach Dang Kindergarten in Kinh Mon Town, northern Hai Duong Province have been quarantined at the campus after a four-year-old student caught COVID-19. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has directed the Vietnamese Embassy in Myanmar to keep a close watch on the situation in the host country, while staying in close contact with local agencies, regularly updating on local information, and standing ready to roll out measures to protect Vietnamese citizens if necessary.
Wednesday, February 03, 2021, 18:18 GMT+7
A screenshot shows an unconscious medical worker taken to the hospital by police officers in Vietnam.
Overworked due to a large influx of COVID-19 tests, a health worker passed out from exhaustion while on the job in northern Hai Duong Province, a new epidemic outbreak site in Vietnam.
On Tuesday, images of a female medical worker being hospitalized after fainting on duty in Pham Thai Ward of Hai Duong’s Kinh Mon Town emerged on social media.
According to the image caption on Facebook, the health worker was immediately taken to the hospital by nearby police officers.