Testing negative for COVID-19, suspected cases allowed to go home
Over 100 citizens have returned home after 14 days in quarantine at a border military facility in the northern province of Lang Son following the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak.
Medical examination for a suspected person (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Over 100 citizens have returned home after 14 daysin quarantine at a border military facility in the northern province of LangSon following the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak.
Director of the Lang Son Centre for Disease Control Dao Dinh Cuong said onFebruary 17 that all suspected cases were in good health and displayed nosymptoms of respiratory problems.
They were urged to follow the Ministry of Health’s recommendations as well asraise public awareness of COVID-19 prevention measures and the significance ofquarantine.
More than 404 Vietnamese returnees from China were kept under observation at Regiment123 barracks where they received medical examinations every day.
In Quang Ninh province, six suspected cases returned home on February 16 afterbeing monitored for 14 days at the provincial military school and testingnegative for the virus.
They were among the Vietnamese citizens who returned from China’s Wuhan city,the epicenter of the virus outbreak, on February 1.
A quarantine zone has been set up at the military school to receive up to 300people from coronavirus-hit areas as well as high-risk localities.
There are 334 foreign workers from local industrial parks, 60 of whom stayed inQuang Ninh during Lunar New Year (Tet) holiday, while the rest returned to theprovince after the holiday. The returnees, mostly from Hai Ha port, Hai Yen,Cai Lan and Viet Hung industrial parks, have been instructed to self-quarantine.
Local administrations and competent authorities have enhanced examinations forsuspected cases while promoting virus prevention measures among labourers.
On February 17, the Department of Health in the southern province of Tay Ninh saidthree people in Ninh Son ward, Tay Ninh city, who visited their relatives inVinh Phuc province where 11 out of the 16 COVID-19 infection cases in thecountry have been confirmed to date, have been kept in quarantine sinceFebruary 17.
As of 7:00 on February 17, 18 suspected cases were under strict observation.
Meanwhile, two people in Ba Ria city, Ba Ria-Vung Tau province, were under homequarantine for 14 days after returning to the locality from their hometown inVinh Phuc where they spent their recent Tet holiday, according to Chairman ofthe city People’s Committee Nguyen Van Tai./.
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Medical examination for a suspected person (Photo: VNA) 
