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Vietnam’s Ministry of Health confirmed 11 domestically-transmitted COVID-19 infections on Tuesday, with Hai Duong Province being still the country’s largest epicenter. Seven of the new patients had their samples taken on Sunday, the other four on Monday, the ministry elaborated. All 11 cases had been in contact with infected patients and had thus been quarantined on Sunday. They were logged in Hai Duong, located in northern Vietnam, the health ministry noted. The ministry announced six recoveries on Tuesday, taking the total number of recovered patients to 1,898. Vietnam had spent nearly two months detecting zero community cases before it found the first one on January 27 and confirmed it one day later, according to the health ministry’s data. A total of 868 local cases have been confirmed in 13 provinces and cities since then, making it the most serious wave to have struck Vietnam after the first-ever COVID-19 patient was announced in the country on January 23, 2020. In this latest wave, 684 cases were registered in Hai Duong, 61 in Quang Ninh Province, 27 in Gia Lai Province, 35 in Hanoi, five in Bac Ninh Province, two in Bac Giang Province, 36 in Ho Chi Minh City, two in Hoa Binh Province, one in Ha Giang Province, three in Dien Bien Province, six in Binh Duong Province, four in Hai Phong, and two in Hung Yen Province. Vietnam has recorded 2,472 coronavirus cases as of Tuesday night, including 1,561 local infections and 35 virus-related fatalities, according to the Ministry of Health’s data. The dead had suffered from comorbid medical problems, including 31 in Da Nang, three in Quang Nam Province, and one in Quang Tri Province. The government is quarantining over 58,700 people who had contact with infected patients or made an entry from virus-plagued places. Like us on Facebook or follow us on Twitter to get the latest news about Vietnam! …

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Strict social distancing measures will be lifted from the northern province of Hai Duong, Vietnam’s COVID-19 epicenter at present, from Wednesday, as the locality will focus on pandemic control while boosting socio-economic development. Secretary of the provincial Party Committee Pham Xuan Thang said at a meeting on Monday that extending the social distancing period would be unnecessary. The province will enter a new state and concentrate on the double goal of fighting COVID-19 and promoting socio-economic development, Thang continued. The COVID-19 situation in Hai Duong has been controlled well during the past 33 days, the official added. From 0:00 on Wednesday, strict social distancing measures under the prime minister’s directive No. 16 will end, and 12 localities in the province will be divided into two groups with suitable pandemic prevention and control regulations. Kim Thanh and Cam Giang Districts, Hai Duong City, and Kinh Mon Town shall implement precautious measures under the PM’s directive No. 15. The directive specifies that a gathering or meeting with more than 20 people in one room or a gathering of more than 10 people outside office buildings, schools, and hospitals is not allowed People should keep a safe distance of at least two meters in public places, while non-essential business and services will remain closed. All religious rites and activities with more than 20 participants in religious establishments as well as all cultural, sports, and recreational activities in public places are suspended. Meanwhile, Binh Giang, Gia Loc, Nam Sach, Ninh Giang, Thanh Ha, Thanh Mien, Tu Ky Districts, and Chi Linh City will implement measures under the prime minister’s directive No. 19. Accordingly, people must keep a distance of at least one meter from each other in public. Non-essential businesses are allowed to reopen except for bars, karaoke shops, massage parlors, discos, and beauty salons. Vietnam has logged 2,472 COVID-19 cases as …

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A Vietnamese man has been caught clinging onto a foam float to swim from the COVID-19 epicenter of Hai Duong Province to Hai Phong City in northern Vietnam, instead of traveling through control points. The Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control in Hai Phong on Monday said that the case was discovered by police in Dai Ban Commune, An Duong District and a task force of Van Tien Village during a patrol session on Sunday. Accordingly, Truong Van Luan, a 43-year-old man dwelling in Minh Hoa Ward in Kinh Mon Town, Hai Duong, swam with the support of a foam float on the Lach Tray River to enter Van Tien Village in Dai Ban Commune. When he reached the riverside in Van Tien Village, he was immediately caught and taken to the local medical center for health declaration. After checking Luan’s personal information and health status, police in Dai Ban Commune booked the case and escorted him to the bordering area between Hai Phong and Hai Duong to return him to the latter province. Hai Duong is currently Vietnam’s COVID-19 epicenter with 676 cases having been documented since January 27. People traveling to and from Hai Duong are requested to make entrance via control points for medical declaration. Vietnam had gone nearly two months logging zero domestic cases before it detected the first one on January 27 and confirmed it one day later, according to the health ministry’s data. A total of 868 community-based cases have been confirmed in 13 provinces and cities since then, making it the most serious wave to have struck Vietnam after the first-ever COVID-19 patient was announced in the country on January 23, 2020. Hai Phong has registered four COVID-19 patients in this new wave. Like us on Facebook or follow us on Twitter to get the latest news about Vietnam! …

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