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The others are Vietnamese citizens who came home from the US and were quarantined after arriving in central Da Nang city. A total 1,389 COVID-19 patients in Vietnam have recovered, while fatalities remain at 35. Among patients still under treatment, 10 have tested negative for SARS-CoV-2 once, 10 twice and 12 thrice. More than 18,290 people who had close contact with COVID-19 patients or arrived from pandemic-hit areas are being quarantined across the country, with 146 at hospitals, 16,642 at designated facilities and 1,507 at home or in their accommodations. … [Read more...] about Five imported cases of COVID-19 bring national tally to 1,536

The province of Heilongjiang is also encouraging people to stay home over the Lunar New Year holiday, but there will be no “one size fits all” travel ban. The official China Daily said in an editorial on Friday that “it has to be a voluntary choice on the part of workers.” … [Read more...] about Explainer: China’s new COVID-19 outbreaks

Take Germany for example. Despite hailing free speech as one of its bastions of freedom, Germany has remained relatively strict on which type of content is allowed to exist on social media platforms used by its citizens, owing to its history. If German public authorities detect provocative behavior on social media, such as hate speech or references to Nazism, social media companies are required to remove such content from their platforms, and face a fine of over $60 million for failing to comply. However, Seibert said in the same press conference that the general behavior of social media companies, including their ability to restrict and censor content on their platforms, is “under the legal framework decided by legislators, not by those who run the company". … [Read more...] about Social media – a revolution to be feared

Under the Department of Health’s requirement, medical facilities in districts must liaise with responsible agencies to throw a book on leaders of organizations who violated the regulations in the health sector. Moreover, these facilities must work with local administrations and police to keep an eye on those quarantined at home. … [Read more...] about HCMC enhances health quarantine procedure

In the case, investigators have prosecuted and arrested former Sagri chairman Van Trong Dung and former Sagri chief accountant Nguyen Thi Thuy. Former HCMC vice chairman Tran Vinh Tuyen and Tran Trong Tuan, former deputy head of the HCMC Party Committee Office, were also charged. … [Read more...] about Former Sagri official dies