Update: May, 08/2021 - 07:19 |
A traffic police measures temperature of a person in the quarantine station at the intersection IC12 connecting Yên Bái Province with Nội Bài - Lào Cai Expressway. VNA/VNS Photo
YÊN BÁI Captain Nguyễn Văn Thắng, of Trấn Yên District’s Traffic Police Team stopped his daily work as a traffic police officer to go to the quarantine station at the intersection IC12 connecting Yên Bái Province with Nội Bài - Lào Cai Expressway on Sunday.
Thắng was assigned to be the head of the quarantine station. His duty is to tell drivers to make health and travel declarations to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
Residents of Mão Điền Commune, Thuận Thành District, Bắc Ninh Province, had samples collected for COVID-19 testing throughout Friday night after more than a dozen cases were found. VNA/VNS Photo Thanh Thương HÀ NỘI The domestic outbreak of COVID-19 grew on Saturday as the northern localities of Hà Nội, Bắc Ninh and Nam Định recorded more than 20 community infections this morning. Hà Nội saw eight new locally transmitted cases, including two direct contacts in Hà Đông District of a woman in Bắc Ninh Province who came into close contact with positive cases found at the cluster involving the Kim Chung facility of the National Hospital for Tropical Diseases in Đông Anh District, Hà Nội.
The gales that fuel Vietnam s new coronavirus storm
Military personnel disinfect Hanoi s National Hospital for Tropical Diseases, May 6, 2021. Photo by VnExpress/Giang Huy.
Numerous alarming factors, including multiple outbreaks, coronavirus variants and lax mentality have all contributed to Vietnam s ongoing fourth Covid-19 wave, experts said.
After spending around a month with no new community transmission, on April 27 Vietnam saw its streak broken after a hotel employee in the northern Yen Bai Province got infected from a group of Indian experts quarantined at the hotel.
Two days later, six local cases were recorded in northern Ha Nam Province, stemming from a man who finished his mandatory 14-day quarantine period after returning from Japan, but neglected self-isolation protocols and passed on the virus.
Health minister says mass testing vital to combat latest Covid wave
By Thu Anh May 8, 2021 | 10:59 am GMT+7
A woman has her swab taken during a mass testing campaign of coronavirus infection in Lo Giao Village of Hanoi s Dong Anh District, May 4, 2021. Photo by VnExpress/Giang Huy.
With the Covid-19 outbreak worsening, mass testing of the population is the only way to detect infections, Minister of Health Nguyen Thanh Long has said. This outbreak is at a highly alarming level because of multiple transmission sources and different strains of viruses that allow rapid infection, which make it difficult to control, he said at a meeting Friday.
Complacency, non-compliance compounds Vietnam s new Covid woes
Military personnel disinfect Hanoi's National Hospital for Tropical Diseases, May 6, 2021. Photo by VnExpress/Giang Huy.
A lax mentality that breached prevention protocols has worsened the situation of virus variants and other factors that Vietnam is dealing with in its fourth Covid-19 wave.
After going for more than a month without any Covid-19 community transmission, the streak snapped on April 27 with a hotel employee infected by a group of Indian experts quarantined at the hotel in the northern province of Yen Bai.
Two days later, six more local cases were recorded in the northern province of Ha Nam. The cases stemmed from one man who finished his mandatory 14-day quarantine period after returning from Japan, but neglected post-quarantine self-isolation protocols and ended up passing the virus to others.