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After listening to reports of local administrations, Health Minister Long said that the two outbreaks in districts Van Don and Dong Trieu in Quang Ninh Province are basically under control thanks to fast handling and tracking. He highly appraised the provincial efforts to reduce the development of Covid-19 as well as hailed all forces which have been working around the clock to prevent the spread of the pandemic. Mr. Long proposed Quang Ninh provincial administration to maintain zoning and tracking measures as well as take samples for testing to minimize the development of Covid-19. Additionally, he said, the provincial authority can adopt loose lockdown in the residential quarter where patient 1,553 after all close contacts F1 have been found and isolated. The Ministry’s mission team gave 55 ventilators, one RT-PCR testing machine, one mobile scan machine, 5,000 personal protective equipment and 2,000 test biological products for testing to support the province’s battle against Covid-19. Quang Ninh Province People’s Committee Vice Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Hanh said at the meeting with mission team from the ministry that from January 27 when the first case of Covid-19 community transmission patient 1,553 - an employee of Van Don Airport - was confirmed, the province has recorded 47 positive cases and tracked 104,233 close contacts including 3,454 contact F1 and the remaining people are F2, F3 and F4. The local health sector has carried out 53,869 tests so far. In related news of Covid-19, leading experts provided telemedicine nationwide for treatment consultation as per requirements of medical facilities. At the remote diagnosing and teleconsulting, Professor Nguyen Gia Binh, leader of the team, said that there has been fewer critical Covid-19 patients in this new wave of local infections yet people shouldn’t have relaxed behavior. Statistically, 116 patients are being treated in the makeshift hospital established in University of Medical …

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The Hanoi Centre for Disease Control this morning announced four new COVID-19 cases, including one woman who came into contact with a confirmed case nearly two weeks ago but withheld the information from contact tracers. The Garden Hill apartment building, No.99 Tran Binh Street, Nam Tu Liem District, in lockdown after three cases of COVID-19 were recorded on Monday. — Photo vov.vn The 28-year-old woman, whose name was given as N.T.K.A, residing at the Garden Hill apartment building, No.99 Tran Binh Street, Nam Tu Liem District, reportedly came into contact with Patient No. 1,722 (connected to the outbreak at a military-run factory in Hanoi, confirmed positive on January 30) on January 26 at the gate of the building. On the afternoon of February 6, she called Hanoi CDC for advice as she developed symptoms including fever, coughing and sore throat. She then got tested for COVID-19 and the results returned positive late on Sunday. From January 26 to February 6, she failed to contact health authorities despite widespread public announcements seeking close contacts of the confirmed patient, Chairman of Nam Tu Liem District People’s Committee Nguyen Huy Cuong said, adding that she feared having to spend the Tet (Lunar New Year) holiday in quarantine. The 12-day period she remained in the community posed risks of local spread and health authorities are investigating her travel history and contacts. Eight direct close contacts have been identified so far. Her 10-month-old daughter N.B.B and her 40-year-old female helper H.T.N – who both live in the same apartment – have also tested positive for the virus. All three have been taken to centralised quarantine at the National Hospital for Tropical Disease and are being treated here. Four people at a hairdresser shop on the first floor of the building where she visited have been identified, but two other close contacts might have left Hà Nội, a Nam Tu Liem …

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Vietnam's three central provinces with the highest loss of lives are Quang Tri with 48 deaths, Thua Thien-Hue with 27 and Quang Nam with 11. Heavy floods in central Vietnam have left 102 people dead and 26 missing as of October 19 night, Kinh Te & Do Thi reported, citing the Central Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention and Control. The committee said that the three provinces with the highest loss of lives are Quang Tri with 48 deaths, Thua Thien-Hue with 27 and Quang Nam with 11. As of 4:00pm of October 19, 166,780 houses had been submerged under water in Ha Tinh, Quang Binh and Quang Tri provinces, other 28,900 households with 90,900 residents had been relocated. A flooded street in Ha Tinh province on October 19, 2020. Photo: Le Hoang Speaking at the meeting, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Nguyen Xuan Cuong said that flooding is caused by unprecedented heavy rains which hit the central region in the past two weeks. Inundation took place on a large scale, peaking on October 12 and 18, with 260,322 inundated houses in six provinces from Quang Binh to Quang Nam, Minister Cuong said, adding that it is necessary to focus on ensuring the safety of the reservoirs and evacuating the flooded and dangerous areas. Mai Van Minh, director of Quang Binh province's Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, said flood is subsiding quite slowly on October 19 afternoon. At 4:00pm yesterday, water levels in the Kien Giang river in Le Thuy district exceeded the flood danger critical level No.3 (2.7 meters) by 2.18 m, 0.97m higher than the historic flooding peak in 1979. National Highway 1A running through Quang Binh province and one part linking to the Ho Chi Minh Highway are totally submerged. Heavy rain expected to last until October 21 According to the National Center for Meteorological and Hydrological Forecasting, the heavy downpours are likely to continue until October 21. The center said that …

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