Secretary of the Chi Linh City Party Committee Hoang Quoc Thuong (left) checks a quarantine centre managed by the military forces. (Photo suckhoedoisong.vn)Hanoi (VNA) – The northern province of Hai Duong – Vietnam’s current
largest hotspot – had basically managed to put under control five
big outbreaks by February 18, said the provincial steering committee for
COVID-19 prevention and control.
The five
outbreaks are in Chi Linh and cities, Cam Giang and Nam Sach
districts and Kinh Mon township.
The province
has implemented strict lockdown measures since February 16 with 949
control stations set up across the province to monitor entry and exit.
The province
has as of February 18 recorded 558 COVID-19 patients in 75 out of 235 communes
and wards in all of its 12 district-level localities since January 27.
It has more
than 13,900 F1 (close contact) cases, of whom more than 5,300 have completed
their quarantine period, and more than 67,700 F2 cases, of whom more than
46,800 have completed their quarantine period at home.
Following
the direction of the Ministry of Health (MoH) and Hai Duong province, the Chi
Linh Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control has moved all 1,625
workers of to nine new quarantine centres.
The move was
made after experts from the MoH reported environmental and air pollution at the
old quarantine centres.
Chi Linh city
previously discovered a big outbreak at the company and immediately locked down
the area. All of the company’s workers were asked to go to quarantine centres
and 300 workers tested positive for COVID-19./.
Source: VietnamPlus
