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The HCMC's lockdown is imposed on residential areas No. 2, 3 and 4 of An Lac Ward, Binh Tan District. The decision was made by HCMC Vice Chairman Duong Anh Duc on Saturday afternoon after the area recorded 127 domestic infections. The ward hosts the Ehome residential building on Ho Hoc Lam Street, the current biggest outbreak in the district with at least 69 infections. The lockdown would affect the operations of 306 enterprises and four state-run administrative centers, local authorities said. District authorities will deploy 22 checkpoints along roads and alleys in and out of the blocked areas. Convenience stores in the blockade are still allowed to operate to provide essential goods to residents. However, vehicles entering and leaving the locked down areas are only allowed to carry goods and must be disinfected. Binh Tan District now has the city's highest number of infections with 193 community transmissions. A company of 791 employees at Tan Tao Industrial Park in the district has recorded at least 26 infections. HCMC's neighbor Binh Duong Province has imposed a 21-day lockdown starting Sunday on Tan Phuoc Khanh Ward in Tan Uyen Town, after the ward, home to around 50,000 people, recorded 38 infections. All non-essential activities will be suspended. Businesses are only allowed to open for sale of necessities. People are requested to stay at home and only go out when it's really necessary, according to the lockdown decision. …

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Vietnam reports 102 more Covid-19 cases The Saigon Times A man is injected with the Covid-19 vaccine. The Ministry of Health confirmed 102 new Covid-19 cases Saturday evening - PHOTO: MINISTRY OF HEALTH HCMC - Vietnam reported 102 more Covid-19 cases this evening, June 19, including 90 domestic infections and 12 imported cases, taking the country’s Covid-19 tally to 12,900. Among the community-transmitted cases, 31 were detected in HCMC, 18 in Bac Giang, 18 in Binh Duong, seven in Bac Ninh, five in Danang and three in Long An. Lang Son, Dong Nai and Ha Tinh had two new patients each, while Nghe An and Nam Dinh reported one case each. The two cases in Dong Nai marked the fearsome return of the pandemic in this southern province that had not seen outbreaks for more than one month. The 12 imported cases were recorded in An Giang, Quang Nam, Danang and Ninh Binh. Today’s total number of infections was 308, including 293 domestic cases. The Center for Disease Control of Bac Giang Province also updated 178 additional Covid-19 cases, which were previously reported in areas under lockdown, to the national Covid-19 case management system this afternoon. As many as 5,054 Covid-19 patients in the country have fully recovered, including 321 people discharged from the hospital today. Meanwhile, two more Covid-19 patients, including a 90-year-old woman and a 67-year-old man, have died, taking the country’s Covid-19 death toll to 64. The woman lived in Viet Yen District, Bac Giang Province. She suffered from hypertension and diabetes and tested positive for Covid-19 with symptoms such as cough and shortness of breath on June 12. She was initially treated at a Covid-19 treatment facility located in Fuji Bac Giang Development Joint Stock Company but was then sent to the Intensive Care Unit of Bac Giang Mental Hospital on June 14. The patient experienced high fever and hemorrhaging under the skin on June 16. She fell into a coma on June 17 and …

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IPs in Dong Nai take measures to prevent COVID spread from HCM City Two severely ill patients die of COVID-19 complications HCM City begins the biggest vaccination drive 71-year-old woman becomes Việt Nam's 62nd COVID-19 related death Recovered COVID-19 patient giving back to the community A nurse prepares an AstraZeneca COVID-19 shot in HCM City. — VNA/VNS Photo HÀ NỘI — A total of 293 local COVID-19 cases were reported on Saturday in 15 localities, the Ministry of Health announced. HCM City topped the list of most infections with 135. With the development of the pandemic in HCM City in recent days, the City People's Committee on Saturday decided to apply lockdown measures in some areas in Bình Tân District's An Lạc Ward. The order will take effect from midnight on June 20 in areas No 2, 3 and 4 in An Lạc Ward to prevent the spread of the virus. Forty-nine new cases were reported in Bắc Giang, 36 in Bắc Ninh, 30 in Bình Dương, 16 in Nghệ An, six in Đà Nẵng, six in Long An, three in Tiền Giang, three in Hà Tĩnh, two in Hòa Bình, two in Lạng Sơn, two in Đồng Nai, one in Hà Nội, one in Nam Định and one in Lào Cai. Most of the new cases had close contact with previously confirmed COVID-19 cases. The ministry also reported 15 imported cases including eight in Ninh Bình, two in Đà Nẵng, one in Thanh Hóa, one in Hà Nam, one in Tây Ninh, one in An Giang and one in Quảng Nam. They were immediately quarantined on arrival. A total of 321 patients were also given the all-clear from the disease on Saturday. As of Saturday, the country’s total number of infections stands at 12,900, including 11,213 domestic cases and 1,687 imported cases. Twenty-one out of 63 provinces and cities in the country have not seen any new cases in the past 14 days. There have been 9,936 cases since the latest outbreak hit the country on April 27. On Saturday afternoon, the Centre for Disease Control …

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