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All the five cases in Hai Duong are those who had already been put into centralized quarantine zones before being confirmed infected with the coronavirus. They are being treated at the northern province's field hospitals. The five imported cases are those entering Vietnam through Ha Tien international border gate in the Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang last Thursday and Friday, and were quarantined upon arrival. Sunday test results confirmed they were postivive for the virus. Vietnam declared 16 patients free of Covid-19 on Monday, bringing the number of active cases down to 530. The country has recorded 857 community transmissions in 13 localities since the third wave began on January 28 after a 55-day clean streak. Hai Duong remains the biggest hotspot with 673 cases, followed by Quang Ninh (61) and HCMC (36). Ten of the 13 localities haven’t recorded any new community transmissions in the past 15 days. With the latest cases, the nation’s Covid-19 tally has increased to 2,461 with 1,892 recoveries. …

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Of the total newly detected cases, eight were found in Hai Duong province, the epicentre of the nation’s most recent COVID-19 outbreak and five were imported into Ha Tien international border gate. Each of the infected individuals in Hai Duong are F1 contacts who came into close contact with previously-confirmed COVID-19 patients. Following the detection of the eight additional cases, the number of locally-transmitted cases in Hai Duong reached a total of 673 since the initial detection of the virus in the country last month. Of the total figure, 1,550 were locally-infected cases, including 857 since the virus recurred on January 27. The same day, an additional 16 coronavirus patients were discharged from hospital, taking the total recoveries to 1,892. Among the patients currently undergoing treatment, a total of 210 cases have since tested negative for the SARS-CoV-2 virus at least once, with the majority going on to record negative results either two or three times. Moreover, as many as 63,690 people have been put into quarantine facilities across the nation after coming into close contact with confirmed patients or after returning from pandemic-hit regions. At present, the country has documented 1,550 community cases of COVID-19, in addition to 911 imported ones. …

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The Hanoitimes - If no swift action is taken to handle the outbreaks in the community, it is very likely that the pandemic would spread out. Vice Chairman of the municipal People's Committee Chu Xuan Dung has requested relevant units to apply urgent measures to curb Covid-19 disease from spreading as Hanoi may continue to record new Covid-19 cases in the community in the time ahead. "The Steering Committee for Covid-19 prevention and control from municipal to communal level must strictly comply with the Prime Minister's instructions and the tasks specified in the Hanoi mayor’s telegram," Mr. Dung said. Medical staff takes student’s samples for Covid-19 testing in Xuan Phuong Primary School in Nam Tu Liem district. Photo: Thanh Dat The vice chairman emphasized that if no swift action is taken to handle the outbreaks in the community, it is very likely that the pandemic would spread out. Deputy Director of the Hanoi Center for Disease Control (CDC) Truong Quang Viet said that his center has found ways to increase capacity of Covid-19 testing and will ensure this work. As there are numerous people coming back from the Hai Duong and Quang Ninh, the epicenters of the outbreak, more coronavirus carriers would be confirmed in the coming time, Mr. Viet said, adding that the Hanoi CDC recommends all suspected cases should immediately contact the health sector for testing. The time from now until the Lunar New Year festival is the peak time to fight against the Covid-19 pandemic. Therefore, leaders of the Ministry of Health as well as the People's Committee of Hanoi called on each citizen to be an anti-epidemic fighter. Hanoi closes schools for online teaching to curb spread of coronavirus On January 31, Deputy Director of the Hanoi Department of Education and Training Pham Xuan Tien signed an official letter guiding schools in Hanoi to apply online teaching and learning in order to minimize the infection of novel coronavirus-caused …

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