Covid 19 prevention

At an area for collecting samples for COVID-19 testing in Da Nang (Photo: VNA) Da Nang (VNA) – Secretary of the Party Committee of Da Nang Nguyen Van Quang has ordered the local authorities to well prepare plans for an increase in COVID-19 infections in the central city. Speaking at an online meeting hosted by the municipal Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control on May 9, Quang highly valued localities, agencies, departments and sectors in quickly implementing timely and effective measures to prevent and control the pandemic. He suggested units and localities establish more concentrated quarantine areas to meet the demand of COVID-19 prevention . Quang also stressed the need to strictly handle violations related COVID-19 prevention regulations, prepare medical supplies, and set up inter-sectorial delegations to remind and inspect the disease prevention work in local businesses. For his part, Vice Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Ho Ky Minh said Da Nang must pay more attention to accelerating contact tracing, quarantine and testing work, as well as preparing medical supplies to serve disease prevention. According to the municipal Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control, Da Nang confirmed 31 more cases tested positive for coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 once in the past 24 hours to 14:00 on May 9. All of them were put under quarantine. The city has so far recorded 34 areas related to COVID-19 infections. Lockdown has been imposed in 24 areas in the city. Vietnam reported 80 new COVID-19 cases on May 10 morning, including 78 domestic infections and two imported. The new infections took to the total number of coronavirus cases in the country to 3,412, including 411 locally-transmitted infections detected since the latest outbreak hit the country on April 27./. VNA …

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Testing for COVID-19 in Vientiane (Photo: VNA) Da Nang (VNS/VNA) - A donation of 1 billion VND (43,000 USD) will be sent from central Da Nang city to support five localities of Laos – Salavan, Champasak, Attapu, Savannakhet and Sekong – in the fight against COVID-19 . Chairman of the Da Nang City People’s Committee Le Trung Chinh said the cash donation will help provinces in Laos ease the financial burden of COVID-19 preventive measures amid the outbreak in Laos. Earlier, the city delivered medical equipment to support the hardest-hit Vietnamese provinces of Bac Ninh and Bac Giang. Mass testing has been rapidly conducted at industrial zones and living quarters and for taxi drivers since last week with more than 290,000 people being tested. The samples of 13,000 of the total 25,000 workers in industrial zones and parks in the city were negative with SARS-COV-2. The remaining results are pending. Meanwhile, neighbouring Quang Nam province began easing COVID-19 restrictions in Duy Xuyen an Dai Loc districts, Hoi An city and Dien Ban township from May 25 as the outbreak is under control. Karaoke, bars, discotheque, massage and mass gatherings in public are still banned throughout the province. Cafes and restaurants in Thua Thien-Hue province reopened last weekend, but only groups of less than 10 people can gather. A living area in Phu Loc township has been locked down since May 13, while social distancing orders still remain at Phong Hien commune of Phong Dien district. The provincial Centre for Disease Control (CDC) said 610 COVID-19 close contact cases had tested negative twice, while 5,900 indirect contacts were negative for the first time since being quarantined from May 3. Quang Ngai province has retained five medical checkpoints at roads to control the flow of people returning from COVID-19 hit localities. At least 10,000 local residents of Quang Ngai had returned home from different provinces, and 4,000 were isolated at home …

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Two more people die of COVID-related complications Đà Nẵng closes off beaches and sit-in dining again as new COVID-19 outbreak emerges Việt Nam confirms 293 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday IPs in Dong Nai take measures to prevent COVID spread from HCM City Two severely ill patients die of COVID-19 complications A street in HCM City is almost empty as the city imposed stricter measures for pandemic control. VNA/VNS Photo Hồng Giang HÀ NỘI — A total of 300 local COVID-19 cases were reported on Sunday in nine localities, the Ministry of Health announced. HCM City topped the list of most infections with 137 followed by Bắc Giang Province with 96, Đà Nẵng City with 27, Bắc Ninh Province with 19, Bình Dương Province with 13, Nghệ An Province with five, and the provinces of Hà Tĩnh, Quảng Nam and An Giang with one each. Among the new cases, 281 were detected in quarantined or locked-down areas. On the same day, the ministry reported 11 imported cases which were quarantined upon arrival in Tây Ninh, Thái Bình, Kiên Giang and Bình Dương provinces. Twenty-one provinces of Yên Bái, Quảng Ngãi, Quảng Ninh, Quảng Trị, Thừa -Thiên Huế, Tuyên Quang, Sơn La, Ninh Bình, Thanh Hóa, Thái Nguyên, Hưng Yên, Hải Phòng, Tây Ninh, Gia Lai, Bạc Liêu, Điện Biên, Đắk Lắk, Đồng Tháp, Trà Vinh, Thái Bình and Vĩnh Phúc have not reported any new community cases for the last 14 days. As of Sunday evening,  Việt Nam has recorded a total of 11,513 local and 1,698 imported cases. There have been 9,943 cases since the fourth wave of infections hit the country on April 27. Stricter measures On Sunday, HCM City decided to ban public gatherings of more than three people as part of its latest measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19, according to news.gov.vn. People must keep a distance of at least 1.5 metres from each other in public places and only leave home for emergencies, to buy food or …

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