Wednesday, February 24, 2021, 11:49 GMT+7
Residents express their joy after a lockdown was lifted from Block F of Carillon Apartment Complex in Tan Binh District, Ho Chi Minh City, February 23, 2021. Photo: HCDC
Authorities in Ho Chi Minh City have removed lockdown from the last location, as the city has gone 13 days without detecting any local COVID-19 infection.
The lockdown was lifted from Block F of Carillon Apartment Complex in Ward 13, Tan Binh District at 3:00 pm on Tuesday.
All residents living on the 15th floor of the apartment block previously tested negative for the novel coronavirus.
The location was fenced off from February 9, just a few days before the Lunar New Year festival, after a man who works for national carrier Vietnam Airlines was confirmed as a COVID-19 patient.
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Tuesday, February 23, 2021, 11:43 GMT+7
Medical workers sample a man at Nga Tu Ga Bus Station in District 12, Ho Chi Minh City after the Lunar New Year holiday in February 2021. Photo: Nhat Thinh / Tuoi Tre
Only one location remained under lockdown in Ho Chi Minh City as of Monday afternoon, for the city has not recorded any community-based COVID-19 cases since February 11.
The location is Block F of the Carillon apartment building at 1 Tran Van Danh Street in Ward 13, Tan Binh District.
Ho Chi Minh City authorities announced multiple isolated locations in Thu Duc City and its other districts between February 8 and 15.