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The problem was discussed during the online meeting about Covid-19 prevention on September 8 held by Ngo Van Quy, vice chairman of Hanoi People's Committee. Hanoi Capital High Command and the Department of Health had worked with the Military Medical Department to receive and transport the teams who attended the Army Games. 14 Covid-19 suspect cases have been transferred to the quarantine centre at National Hospital of Tropical Diseases. 22 experts and employees at the Russian Embassy in Hanoi are quarantined at Crowne Plaza West Hanoi. 178 members of the team and employees of the Government Office are quarantined at Hanoi Capital High Command's Military School. The Vietnam tank crew were crowned champions of Group 2 of the Tank Biathlon competition at the Army Games on September 4. At 6.30 pm on September 7, the team started returning to Vietnam from Sheremetyevo Airport in Moscow. The flight included 182 members of the team and 24 exchange military students in Russia. They landed … [Read more...] about 14 quarantined for Covid-19 after returning from Russia

"Patient 1,055" is a 60-year old man from Nam Sach District in the northern province of Hai Duong; "Patient 1,056" a 11-year-old boy residing in Hanoi’s Hai Ba Trung District; "Patient 1,057" a 30-year-old man from Thuan Thanh District in the northern province of Bac Ninh; "Patient 1,058" is a 4-year-old girl from Hanoi's Son Tay District; and "Patient 1,059" a 37-year-old woman from Binh Giang District, Hai Duong Province. … [Read more...] about Vietnam confirms five new imported Covid-19 cases

Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam confirmed five new imported COVID-19 cases on September 9 evening, according to the National Steering Committee on COVID-19 Prevention and Control. After arriving at Tan Son Nhat airport in Ho Chi Minh City on Flight VN28 from Ukraine on September 1, they were put under quarantine in the southern province of Ba Ria – Vung Tau. They tested negative to SARS-CoV-2 for the first time on September 3 and positive the second time on September 9. Vietnam has so far recorded 1059 infection cases, 691 of them are locally-transmitted. Also on September 9, 21 patients were given the all-clear from the virus, including 10 in Da Nang, four in Hanoi, four in Quang Nam, two in Bac Lieu and one in Dak Lak. Among patients under treatment at medical establishments, 16 tested negative once, 13 twice and 21 others thrice. The country also recorded 35 fatalities related to COVID-19, most of them suffered serious underlying diseases. As many as 37,474 people … [Read more...] about Vietnam confirms five imported COVID-19 cases

A student in Hanoi has tested positive for Covid-19 upon arrival in France, according to the Hanoi Department of Health. The 25-year-old woman from the outlying district of Thach That returned to Vietnam from South Korea where she participated in a training course on May 25. She was then quarantined in the central city of Danang’s Hoa Vang District. She tested negative for the virus two consecutive times. … [Read more...] about Hanoi student tested positive for Covid-19 in France

For now, local companies have been working on producing antigen detection test kits that can make use of existing equipment and machinery in Vietnam, take shorter time to come up with the results that are as precise as those analyzed by the RT-PCR method, he said. … [Read more...] about Vietnam to let businesses run Covid-19 tests at airports