03/02/2021 09:10 GMT+7
Vietnamese citizens in Myanmar warned to pay attention to safety
The Foreign Ministry has directed the Vietnamese Embassy in Myanmar to keep a close watch on the situation in the host country, while keeping close contacts with local agencies, regularly updating on local information and staying ready to roll out measures to protect Vietnamese citizens if necessary.
The embassy has contacted the Vietnamese community in the country to update on their situation, and to remind them to maintain normal operations.
Vietnamese citizens in Myanmar are warned to avoid travelling far from the areas where they live as well as stay away from gatherings, and pay attention to protecting their own security and safety, especially during the upcoming Lunar New Year (Tet) holidays.
Vietnam confirms sixth wave of Covid-19 due to UK variant
By ANA Reporter
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Cape Town – An outbreak of the more contagious UK variant of the coronavirus in Vietnam has affected 301 people and spread to 10 counties and cities.
There have been 1,705 new cases, 149 of which were community transmissions and one case of the UK variant documented from abroad.
Hanoi has reported one Covid-19 infection to “patient 1553”, a 31-year-old employee of Quang Ninh Province s Van Don International Airport, who was confirmed to be infected last Thursday morning. Gene sequencing showed that 12 of 276 newly detected patients are positive with the UK variant, although the source of this outbreak remains unknown. We need to follow mask-wearing regulations scrupulously, Health Minister Nguyen Thanh Long was reported as saying at a cabinet meeting.
Vietnam confirms 20 new Covid-19 cases
By Le Nga February 3, 2021 | 07:29 pm GMT+7
A medical staff takes samples from a man to test for the novel coronavirus in Hanoi. Photo by VnExpress/Tat Dinh.
Vietnam recorded 20 new Covid-19 cases Wednesday, 19 of them local, bringing the national tally to 1,911.
The northern province of Hai Duong recorded 14 new cases, nine of them factory workers in Chi Linh Town, which has been locked down.
The northern province of Quang Ninh has confirmed four new patients and the remaining case is in the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai.
Meanwhile, the central province of Quang Nam has confirmed one imported case, that of Patient 1902, a 25-year-old man who landed Monday at the Da Nang International Airport on Vietjet flight VJ5925 from Japan.
Six days after becoming the first patient in the new wave of Covid-19, a woman in Hai Duong Province says she is still shell-shocked. - VnExpress International