Soldiers from the Vietnamese army’s chemical division disinfect the Hanoi-based
Hanoi (VNA) – Soldiers from the
Vietnamese
army’s chemical division on May 6 disinfected the Hanoi-based National Hospital
for Tropical Diseases which has been a COVID-19 hotspot in the latest outbreak.
The hospital, located in Hanoi’s outlying district
of Dong Anh, has been put under 14-day lockdown, starting May 5 after a doctor
was found infected with the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2.
About 400 employees of the hospital are being
quarantined there.
During the lockdown, the hospital, which was once
the frontline facility in the pandemic fight, will admit only new
The Ministry of Health said the pandemic cluster at
Medical workers conduct COVID-19 testing (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Nine cases of COVID-19
associated with the pandemic cluster at the Hanoi-based National Hospital for
Tropical Diseases were reported on May 6 morning.
Of the latest infections, two are relatives of
patients being treated at the hospital, the city’s
On the day, the health department of northern Thai
Binh province also reported five new cases linked with the hospital’s pandemic cluster.
Thai Binh has decided to impose social distancing
across the province from 12:00 on May 6, and activate anti-
The two other cases were recorded in the northern
province of Hung Yen.
All of the new patients are under treatment at the Bac Ninh
general hospital.
Located in Hanoi’s outlying district of Dong Anh, the
hospital was the frontline facility in the
COVID-19 fight. On May 4, a doctor
of the hospital was confirmed positive for the coronavirus.
On the May 6, the central city of Da Nang confirmed a new case, who is a staff
of the New Phuong Dong nightclub. The apartment where the patient lives has
been blocked.
On May 4, a staff of the nightclub was confirmed positive
for the virus.
Also on May 6, the health sector in the neighbouring province
A COVID-19 check point in Tien Phong village, Binh Xuyen district of Vinh Phuc (Photo: VNA)
Vinh Phuc (VNA) – The northern province of
locally-transmitted cases of COVID-19 and two imported cases by 4pm
May 6, according to the provincial steering committee for
COVID-19 prevention
and control.
Competent agencies have collected samples of 7,753 people for
testing so far, and 8,191 people have been put into quarantine.
They are also tracing people who had sought medical treatment at or
visited the Kim Chung facility of the National Hospital for Tropical Diseases
in Hanoi, where a cluster of infections have been detected.
The provincial authorities have expanded concentrated quarantine
Thai Binh General Hospital is under temporary lockdown over COVID-19 fears (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) –
Vietnam recorded 60 cases of
COVID-19 during the 12 hours to 6pm May 6,
including 56
locally-infected cases and four imported, according to the
Among the 56 local
cases, 16 were at the second facility of the National Hospital for Tropical
Diseases in Hanoi, 12 in the northern province of Bac Ninh, 11 in the northern
province of Vinh Phuc, four in Hanoi, 3 in the central city of Da Nang.
The national tally has
reached 3,090, with 1,690 local cases. In the latest wave of outbreaks from
April 27, 120 cases have been detected.
A total of 2,560