Central localities strengthen quarantine measures against COVID-19
The central city of Da Nang quarantines all people coming from Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City – two COVID-19 affected hubs – for 14 days at quarantine sites starting on April 5.
People make health declarations at a check-point in the central region (Source: VNA)
Da Nang (VNS/VNA) - The central city of Da Nang quarantines all people coming from Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City – two COVID-19 affectedhubs – for 14 days at quarantine sites starting on April 5.
The city’sauthorities said citizensfrom Hanoi and HCM City, as well as those from Da Nang working and living in thetwo cities, will have to pay for the two-week quarantine period.
Da Nang-based Dong A College handed over 200 bottles ofhand sanitiser that were made by local students and lecturers to sevencheck-points in the city.
According to the city’s healthdepartment, 327 people have been quarantined as of April 5, while 4,637 hadcompleted the 14-day quarantine. Samples of 3,248 had tested negative for SARS-CoV-2.
Authorities of Hoa Vang district also fined a group of 23 peoplefor camping at a public site and violating social distancing orders on April4.
Meanwhile, Quang Nam province warned local residents livingand working in HCM City and Hanoi to not travel home at the moment.
It said residents living in thetwo cities will receive food and logistical support from the provinceto ease difficulties during the pandemic. All people returning fromthe two cities will be kept at quarantine sites for 14 days as per a decisionreleased by the province last week.
A donation of 290 million VND (12,600 USD) and two tonnes of rice has been raisedto support people from Quang Nam staying in the two cities.
The province had quarantined 498 people returning from HCM City andHanoi between April1-4.
Samples of 846 out of total1,141 (including 689 foreigners) at quarantine sites and hospitals testednegative for COVID-19. To date, 236 people have finished their quarantine.
Neighbouring Thua Thien-Hue province hasreleased 360 people after quarantine.
Local donors contributed 800 gifts worth 160million VND (7,000 USD) and eight tonnes of rice to support poor peoplesuffering the impact of the pandemic.
A report from Quang Ngai province unveiled that 74 samples of people who hadclose contact with COVID-19 positive cases all tested negative as of April 5.
The province has been quarantining 64 people. No cases ofCOVID-19 have been found in the province./.
Ho Chi Minh City and the central city of Da Nang have decided to suspend road passenger transport in a bid to curb travel and crowds and contain the spread of COVID-19.
Social distancing is an important solution in containing the spread of COVID-19, members of the National Steering Committee for Preventing and Controlling COVID-19 told a meeting in Hanoi on April 3 chaired by its head, Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has said though social lives have slowed down, those involved in COVID-19 prevention and control and administrations at all levels, especially the health sector, must speed up work and take more drastic actions to combat the pandemic.
National flag carrier Vietnam Airlines announced on April 5 that it will adjust the frequency of its flights from Hanoi/Ho Chi Minh City to Da Nang after the central city requires a 14-day quarantine period for passengers from the two major cities amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Despite the ongoing global circulation and unpredictable developments of SARS-CoV-2, the World Health Organisation (WHO) hasn’t issued new warnings about COVID-19, said the Ministry of Health.
People make health declarations at a check-point in the central region (Source: VNA) 
