Police in the northern province of Ha Nam on Tuesday launched a criminal investigation into a coronavirus patient that ignored self-isolation protocol and caused an outbreak. - VnExpress International
Vietnamese localities move to quarantine entrants from coronavirus-hit areas
Medical workers at Binh Son District of Quang Ngai Province perform body temperature scans for people entering the province from other areas, May 4, 2021. Photo by VnExpress/Duc Phuong.
Several Vietnamese localities have requested people entering from coronavirus-hit areas be quarantined amid new Covid-19 outbreaks reported nationwide.
Central Quang Ngai Province s Department of Health on Tuesday requested those coming from coronavirus-hit areas, including Ha Nam Province s Ly Nhan District since April 22, Hanoi s Dong Anh District from April 23, Hung Yen Province s Phu Cu District from April 23, No. 2 Street in Binh Hung Hoa Ward of Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) s Binh Tan District from April 27, Vinh Phuc Province s Phuc Yen Town from April 23 and Hoi An Town in Quang Nam Province from April 19.
Tuesday, May 04, 2021, 17:18 GMT+7
Officials are pictured during an inspection at a COVID-19 quarantine facility in Phu Ly City, Ha Nam Province, Vietnam, April 3, 2021. Photo: Ha Nam / Tuoi Tre
Authorities in Ha Nam Province have barred two medical leaders from work for their responsibility in the case of COVID-19 patient No. 2,899, whose failure to comply with home quarantine guidelines led to the new outbreaks in northern Vietnam.
The suspension, signed by director of the Ha Nam health department Nguyen Trong Khai, has been imposed on Nguy Cao Phi, director of Ly Nhan District’s medical center, and Luong Thanh Ngoc, head of Dao Ly Commune’s medical station.
Ha Nam reports two more coronavirus-positive cases
By Thuy Quynh May 3, 2021 | 11:39 am GMT+7
A Covid-19 checkpoint is erected at Quan Nhan Village of Dao Ly Commune, Ha Nam Province. Photo courtesy of the Ha Nam Newspaper.
Two people in Covid-19 epicenter Ha Nam have tested positive for the coronavirus Monday morning, its Center for Disease Control (CDC) confirmed.
The two, a 63-year-old woman and a 25-year-old man, would need more tests to confirm their results, the Center said. Both are associated with a coronavirus outbreak in the northern province s Dao Ly Commune, sparked by a man who returned from Japan and tested positive after completing his two-week centralized quarantine in Da Nang City. The man failed to quarantine himself for another 14 days as required.