Cai Bau island in Van Don district in the northern province of Quang Ninh has been put under temporary lockdown as from 0:00 on February 2. (Photo: VNA) (VNA) – island in Van
Don district in the northern province of Quang Ninh has been put under temporary
lockdown as from 0:00 on February 2 in order to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The island has six communes, namely Ha Long, Dong Xa,
Binh Dan, Doan Ket, Dai Xuyen and Van Yen, and Cai Rong town.
Van Don district recorded another patient on
February 1 night (Patient 1,849), who is an employee of .
The man joined about 50-60 others at a party at Trung
Sun restaurant whose owner was confirmed infected with COVID-19.
The People’s Committee of Van Don district has
assigned local medical agencies to guide the communes and Cai Rong town to roll
out necessary prevention and control measures, and ensure medical supplies.
As of 18:30 on February 1, Quang Ninh had detected five
more COVDI-19 cases – Patients ,821, 1,822, 1,847 and 1,849, with two linked
to the hotspot in the Van Don airport, two related to the cluster in Chi Linh city
in the neighbouring province of Hai Duong, and the other to the one in Vietnam
Poyun Electronics (POYUN) Co., Ltd.
Quang Ninh has reported 30 cases of COVID-19 so far,
of whom 29 have been under treatment in the locality and the other, Patient 1,553, was sent to the National Hospital for Tropical Diseases in Hanoi’s outskirts
district of Dong Anh./.
Source: VietnamPlus
