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Vietnam adds 92 new Covid-19 cases today with 30 cases in Ho Chi Minh City

June 14, 2021 by sggpnews.org.vn

The Center for Disease Control of the southern metropolis said that authorities in Thu Duc City and District 6 have conducted zoning and tracing measures in areas where Covid-19 patients at the Hospital for Tropical Diseases are living.

The Center for Disease Control yesterday night announced to record two more Covid-19-infected patients who are residing at a tenanted house in Hiep Binh Street in Thu Duc City.

Authorities in Ho Chi Minh City’s Binh Tan District have locked down the entire Ehome 3 apartment complex from 10:00 am yesterday and will carry out Covid-19 test on all residents there after a couple are infected by the coronavirus in the apartment complex, said the Center for Disease Control.

By staff writers – Translated by Uyen Phuong

Coronavirus spreads to every district of Ho Chi Minh City

June 14, 2021 by tuoitrenews.vn

The novel coronavirus has spread to all districts of Ho Chi Minh City, which is considering an extension of social distancing measures after two weeks of implementation.

Thu Duc, a district-level city, and the other 21 districts have all detected COVID-19 infections as of Monday, with Can Gio District on Sunday logging the first-ever case in the ongoing fourth wave that has raged in Vietnam since late April.

The Ministry of Health confirmed 30 new cases in Ho Chi Minh City on Monday morning, including three in District 5, seven in Go Vap District, 15 in Hoc Mon District, one in Cu Chi District, and four in Binh Tan District.

The ministry announced the city’s biggest-ever daily increase of 95 local cases on Sunday, when 53 fully vaccinated employees at the Ho Chi Minh City Hospital for Tropical Diseases, a major COVID-19 treatment center in southern Vietnam, were diagnosed with the respiratory disease.

Health authorities have basically broken the city’s largest infection chain linked to Revival Ekklesia Mission, a Christian congregation based in Go Vap, with about 450 patients traced to it, said Nguyen Tan Binh, director of the municipal Department of Health.

But other chains have emerged because the virus may have silently spread in the community, Binh added.

The health department recommended on Monday that the city extend the enhanced social distancing measures having put in place since May 31 by two weeks to stall community transmission.

City authorities are set to make the final decision later the same day.

Vietnam has registered 7,424 domestic cases in 39 out of its 63 provinces and cities since the fourth wave erupted on April 27, according to the health ministry’s data.

By comparison, Vietnam confirmed 106 community cases in the first wave from January 23 to April 16, 2020, 554 in the second from July 25 to December 1, 2020, and 910 in the third from January 28 to March 25, 2021.

Bac Giang Province in the north is leading the fourth round’s tally with 4,068 patients, followed by northern Bac Ninh Province with 1,352, Ho Chi Minh City with 819, and Hanoi with 459.

The Southeast Asian nation has reported 10,630 cumulative infections as of Monday morning, including 3,998 recoveries and 59 deaths.

It administered 43,222 AstraZeneca vaccine shots to medical staff and other frontline workers on Sunday, taking the total to 1,498,323 doses since inoculation was rolled out on March 8.

A total of 55,265 have been given two shots of the vaccine.

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Ho Chi Minh City locks down entire apartment complex over virus infection chain

June 14, 2021 by tuoitrenews.vn

Authorities in Binh Tan District, Ho Chi Minh City have sealed off the entire Ehome 3 apartment complex and will test all residents there for COVID-19 after an infection chain was determined to be related to this location.

The lockdown started at 10:00 am on Sunday and will remain in place until further notice, according to Truong Dinh Nhan, director of the Center for Disease Control of Binh Tan District.

All of about 7,600 residents living in 14 blocks of the apartment complex will also have their samples collected for COVID-19 testing.

The residents have been informed of apps connected with systems of supermarkets and retail stores for online purchases of supplies and necessities, according to To Hoang Giang, chairman of An Lac Ward, where the Ehome 3 apartment complex is located.

“Supplies and necessities will be gathered at the checkpoints and transferred by the ward’s functional forces to each block for residents to pick up,” said Giang.

“We affirm that residents in the apartment buildings will not face undue difficulties during this temporary blockade.”

Previously, the first case of COVID-19 was detected at a flat on the fourth floor of Block A6 at Ehome 3 on May 30. The patient was later numbered 7,409.

On the morning of June 11, the Ho Chi Minh City Center for Disease Control said that through epidemiological investigations, a chain of infections was recorded in relation to the Ehome 3 apartment complex.

The authorities then temporarily sealed off some blocks of the complex to localize the infections.

Fences are erected at the entrance to the Ehome 3 apartment complex on Ho Hoc Lam Street in Binh Tan District, Ho Chi Minh City, June 13, 2021. Photo: Nhat Thinh / Tuoi Tre

Fences are erected at the entrance to the Ehome 3 apartment complex on Ho Hoc Lam Street in Binh Tan District, Ho Chi Minh City, June 13, 2021. Photo: Nhat Thinh / Tuoi Tre

On Sunday, two more suspected cases, a couple selling agricultural products on the ground floor of Block A9, were discovered at this apartment complex.

Binh Tan District thus decided to temporarily cordon off all 14 blocks of Ehome 3 to carry out a full sampling drive.

Vietnam has been hit utterly hard by a fourth virus wave since April 27, with 7,424 local infections having been recorded in 40 of its 63 provinces and cities ever since, according to the Ministry of Health’s data.

The northern province of Bac Giang is leading this round’s tally with 4,068 patients, followed by northern Bac Ninh Province with 1,352, Ho Chi Minh City with 819, and Hanoi with 459.

The country has documented an accumulation of 10,630 patients, including 8,993 domestic and 1,637 imported cases, since the pathogen first struck it on January 23, 2020.

Recoveries have reached 3,998 while 59 patients have died, most with critical underlying medical conditions like cancer and chronic renal failure.

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Vietnam reports 92 new COVID-19 cases, with 30 detected in HCM City

June 14, 2021 by vov.vn

73 out of 91 local infections were detected in isolation or lockdown areas.

Most cases in the northern provinces of Bac Giang and Bac Ninh are associated with outbreaks in quarantined areas and industrial parks, while those in other localities are F1 contacts of previously confirmed patients.

Among 30 cases in Ho Chi Minh City, 29 are identified as F1 cases, and one is under epidemiological investigation.

One day earlier, Vietnam recorded a total of 293 domestic COVID-19 cases, including 95 in Ho Chi Minh City, with the majority of fresh cases detected in HCM City Hospital for Tropical Diseases.

The number of recoveries rose to 3,998 after a further 171 coronavirus patients were discharged from hospital after making a full recovery from the virus on June 13, while the number of fatalities now stands at 59.

So far, more than 1,498,320 million people have been vaccinated against COVID-19, mainly frontline workers in the COVID-19 fight, including healthcare workers at local hospitals. Of these, more than 55,260 have received the prescribed two doses.

An additional 43,222 people were inoculated against COVID-19 on June 13 alone in 19 provinces and cities throughout the nation.

The country has recorded a total of 7,423 local cases in 39 cities and provinces in the latest COVID-19 wave beginning from April 27.

It is worth noting that 22 localities have gone at least 14 days without any new COVID-19 case.

Another HCM City hospital records SARS-CoV-2 virus infection

June 13, 2021 by vov.vn

Two staff of the microbiology division have been infected with the virus, and one of them is the wife of an IT staff of the Ho Chi Minh City Hospital for Tropical Diseases who had been confirmed as a COVID-19 case.

Hearing that her husband tested positive on June 12, the wife immediately made health declaration and underwent a COVID-19 test,with the result coming back positive.

The hospital moved to test all staff of the microbiology division and another positive test was recorded.

Earlier, the Hospital for Tropical Diseases documented the first COVID-19 case on June 12 and it has confirmed 53 cases during the past 24 hours.

The hospital has been locked down for contact tracing, quarantine and chemical disinfection.

HCM City, Vietnam’s third largest coronavirus hotspot, has logged nearly 800 positive cases since the virus resurged in late April.

The latest outbreak has been brought under control, according to the local administration. Several cases have however been detected in the community and the source of infection remains unknown.

Hanoi closes street food stalls, coffee shops for Covid-19 prevention

February 16, 2021 by dtinews.vn

Hanoi authorities have decided to temporarily shut all local street food and refreshment stalls and coffee shops from 0:00 on February 16.

The move followed the infections related to a Japanese man who tested positive for Covid-19 after he had died at a local hotel.

The city has also closed all local historical relics from 0:00 on February 16, said Vice Chairman of the Hanoi People’s Committee and head of the municipal Steering Committee on Covid-19 Prevention and Control Chu Xuan Dung.

The 54-year-old Japanese patient, an expert of Mitsui Vietnam Co., Ltd, entered Vietnam on January 17 via Tan Son Nhat International Airport in Ho Chi Minh City. After two tests which showed negative results, on February 1, he flew to Hanoi and stayed at the Somerset Westpoint Hotel.

Around 7pm on February 13, he was found dead in his hotel room. His sample tested positive for the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 on February 14. The cause of his death is under investigation.

Two people who had come into close contact with him have also tested positive for the virus. One is a Japanese 43-year-old man and the other is a woman in Hanoi.

Dung cited the Hanoi Centre for Disease Control as saying that the city is facing the high risk of Covid-19 infection related to the 54-year-old Japanese patient.

Concerned agencies in Hanoi are working urgently and drastically to screen F1 and F2 cases of him, he said.

Nguyen Khac Hien, director of the Hanoi Department of Health, said many people still do not wear a face mask in public places. Meanwhile, people gather in crowds. He urged for stricter punishment for those violating guidance.