Tay Ninh reports no COVID-19 cases: health official

Border guard officers in Tay Ninh check temperature of people before entering the province (Photo: VNA)

Tay Ninh (VNA) – The southwestern
province of Tay Ninh had reported neither nor suspected
cases as of 13:00 on March 22, said Deputy Director of the provincial
Department of Health Nguyen Van Cuong.

Cuong confirmed the information during a
press conference of the provincial steering committee for COVID-19 prevention
and control.

Since the COVID-19 epidemic broke out, Tay
Ninh had sent 31 samples to for testing,
with 25 turning out negative and the rest awaiting results, he added.

Quarantine areas at border gates and border
districts of the province have to date accommodated 1,702 Vietnamese-Cambodians
who returned to Vietnam in the wake of the pandemic, he said.

The Tay Ninh People’s Committee has
approved the establishment of concentrated quarantine areas at Moc Bai
international border gate and in all of the province’s districts and city./.