Friday, February 19, 2021, 12:23 GMT+7
Medical workers conduct random COVID-19 sampling at Mien Dong (Eastern) Bus Station in Binh Thanh District, Ho Chi Minh City, February 17, 2021. Photo: Truc Phuong / Tuoi Tre
The Ho Chi Minh City Center for Disease Control (HCDC) on Thursday required that all people who have arrived in the city from Hai Duong Province since February 3, Vietnam s current COVID-19 epicenter, be sent to centralized quarantine facilities and tested for the novel coronavirus in order to prevent transmission.
The same mandatory quarantine will be applied to all people who have traveled through Group 1, Quarter 6, Hong Ha Ward, Ha Long City, as well as Thuy An, An Sinh, Binh Duong, and Nguyen Hue Communes in Dong Trieu Town in northern Quang Ninh Province since February 3.
Random COVID-19 testing to be conducted on arrivals at Tan Son Nhat airport COVID-19 testing will be conducted randomly on passengers aboard flights from Hanoi, Quang Ninh and Hai Phong to Tan Son Nhat International Airport by the local health sector as a large number is returning the city after the Tet (Lunar New Year) holidays, the national-flag carrier Vietnam Airlines said.
From February 17, the airlines strengthens COVID-19 prevention and control measures for flights from Hanoi to southern localities to ensure safety for passengers and its staff.
The measures include wearing facemasks throughout the flights, making health declarations and measuring body temperature before boarding. It may refuse to serve passengers who fail to follow medical regulations against the pandemic, a leader of the carrier said.
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18/02/2021 08:40 GMT+7
No new COVID-19 cases found on February 18 morning
No new COVID-19 cases were detected from 6pm on February 17 to 6am on February 18, keeping the national count at 2,329, including 1,430 community infections, reported the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control.
At present, a total of 144,071 people who had close contact with confirmed COVID-19 patients or entered Vietnam from pandemic-hit regions are being under quarantine nationwide, including 577 in hospitals, 14,325 in state-designated establishments and 129,169 others at their residences.
Since January 27, when the pandemic broke out in northern localities, 737 new cases were detected in the community.
All people living in Hanoi with recent travel history to COVID-19-hit regions of 12 localities must self-quarantine and test for the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, announced the municipal Department of Health on February 18.
Wednesday, February 17, 2021, 10:37 GMT+7
Somerset West Point Hanoi is being isolated after a COVID-19 patient was found dead here on February 13, 2021. Photo: Nam Tran / Tuoi Tre
The Hanoi Department of Health has suspended a clinic where a Japanese expert visited before dying with COVID-19 last week.
The suspension was imposed on Raffles Medical Hanoi at 51 Xuan Dieu Street, Tay Ho District for its breaching regulations on COVID-19 screening, the health department said in a decision.
The suspension will last until the clinic has rectified its wrongdoing.
On February 13, a Japanese man was found dead at Somerset West Point Hanoi. He was then identified as an expert of Mitsui & Co. Vietnam Ltd. Hanoi Branch.