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Vietnam to increase COVID-19 alert level as new outbreaks loom

Dr. Nguyen Hong Ha, vice president of the Vietnam Association for Infectious Diseases, says the country is on the verge of a new COVID-19 outbreak in the community similar to current outbreaks which are ravaging neighbouring countries, including Cambodia, Thailand, Laos, and the Philippines.

The risk of local transmission occurring is considered to be very high as an increasing number of Vietnamese people residing in neighbouring countries, especially Cambodia, are seeking to cross the border and enter the nation for safety reasons, according to Ha.

Whilst the country has been able to effectively control the virus without any new cases detected within the community over the past few weeks, many Vietnamese citizens consider it to be a good choice to return to the homeland in order to escape the threat of COVID-19 in other places.

Given this context, Ha believes the fight against COVID-19 should be raised to a new level, including boosting the epidemiological and testing capacity nationwide, especially in border localities, in order to nip any possible new outbreaks in the bud.

Concurring with this point of view, Dr. Tran Dac Phu, a senior advisor to the Ministry of Health, notes that prevention is always better than cure.

“It is rather safe if infection cases are detected early and placed into quarantine, or it is dangerous if a new outbreak occurs,” says the senior health expert.

According to Dr. Phu, Vietnam has acquired plenty of experience in bringing previous outbreaks under control, while its success story has been acknowledged internationally. Despite previous success, he warns that there is no room for complacency as the pandemic is evolving in an increasingly complex manner regionally and globally.

All localities and the healthcare sector must be put on standby in order to deal with the worst-case scenario, he suggests.

He also reminds localities to tighten control of quarantine facilities in order to avoid cross transmission.

The most effective measure, according to Phu, is to strictly follow the Ministry of Health’s COVID-19 recommendations, including the 5K message in Vietnamese: namely khau trang (facemask), khu khuan (disinfection), khoang cach (distance), khong tu tap (no gathering), and khai bao y te (health declaration).

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Echovirus-4 meningitis outbreak in Central Province of Ha Tinh

Echovirus-4 is the leading culprit of meningitis in all ages and in the province lately.
Echovirus-4 meningitis outbreak in Central Province of Ha Tinh ảnh 1 Echovirus-4 meningitis outbreak in Central Province of Ha Tinh (Photo: SGGP)

From the beginning of the year, Ha Tinh Province has recorded many cases of encephalitis and meningitis causing concerns amongst residents in the province.

Medical experts advised people to eat well-cooked food , boiled water, and wash hands with soaps as well as disinfect the surface in the house. Anyone experiencing a high temperature, cold hands and feet, vomiting, and neck stiffness should go to nearby hospitals for treatment.

By Duong Quang – Translated by Anh Quan

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Ha Nam Province schools close amid fresh Covid outbreak

At a meeting of its Steering Committee for Covid-19 Prevention on Friday afternoon, Tran Xuan Duong, vice chairman of the province People’s Committee, said students’ safety must be ensured and schools need to hold classes online for the year-end and high school graduation exams from May to July.

By Friday afternoon, seven people in Ha Nam had been diagnosed with Covid-19, all related to the outbreak in Dao Ly Commune in Ly Nhan District.

Nguyen Thanh Duong, director of the Ha Nam Center for Disease Control, said the province has 10 cases of Covid-19, three of which the Ministry of Health has not announced yet. The three were in quarantine and on Saturday morning, they were tested positive for the coronavirus once.

The outbreak began when patient 2899, a 28-year-old man, returned to Vietnam from Japan on flight VJ3613, arriving at Da Nang Airport on April 7 and being quarantined on entry.

After 14 days of quarantine and three negative tests, he returned to Ha Nam on April 22. But on April 24, he began to cough and have a fever and sore throat, and tested positive for Covid-19 on April 29.

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Hanoi students to stay home over latest Covid-19 outbreak

Classes would switch to online study instead, the city’s Department of Education and Training said Monday. Centers that teach foreign languages, computer skills and those that provide short-term education using foreign capitals would also have to suspend classes, it added.

For kindergarteners whose online classes are not an option, schools may apply other forms of technologies and collaborate with teachers and parents to educate the children instead.

The decision followed Hanoi recording three community transmission cases which stemmed from a coronavirus outbreak in northern Ha Nam Province, coupled with the fact that a large number of people would return to the city after a four-day Reunification Day and International Workers’ Day holiday since last Friday.

Hanoi is the fifth Vietnam locality to let students stay home amid new coronavirus outbreaks, after the northerrn provinces of Ha Nam, Vinh Phuc, Hung Yen and Yen Bai.

During a coronavirus outbreak last year, all Vietnamese students had to stay home and study online for nearly three months.

Since last Thursday, Vietnam has recorded 34 community transmission cases in Ha Nam, Hanoi, Hung Yen, HCMC and Vinh Phuc, following around a month with no community transmission.

The total coronavirus tally is at 2,981, with 35 deaths.

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Hanoi closes sidewalk eateries and cafés to curb Covid-19 outbreak

All unessential services in Hanoi city such as street eateries, sidewalk iced tea and coffee shops have been barred from 05:00pm on May 3.

Hanoi’s authorities have decided to close street eateries, sidewalk iced tea stalls and cafés as well as relics, temples and religious sites to avoid public gatherings as risk remains high in the community with more Covid-19 infections reported in recent days.

All these unessential services have been barred from 05:00pm on May 3 as community infections in the city has become more serious and unpredictable.

This is one of the measures aimed at strengthening Covid-19 prevention and control, said an Official Letter of the Hanoi People’s Committee on the afternoon of May 3.

Hanoi deploys forces to ask sidewalk food stall owners to shut down their businesses to prevent the spread of Covid-19. Photo: VNA

The Hanoi People’s Committee asked local authorities to prepare different scenarios on the assumption of a large-scale Covid-19 outbreak, while taking urgent actions to investigate, trace and test those in close contact with new Covid-19 infections.

Localities should be updated on the pandemic situation in the northern provinces of Vinh Phuc, Ha Nam and Hung Yen so as to trace returnees from Covid-19 affected zones for testing and quarantining, the official letter noted, urging them to inspect the compliance with regulations on entry, medical isolation, and pandemic prevention and control.

After over a month without community transmissions, Vietnam has recorded 24 new cases since April 29 located in Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, provinces of Ha Nam, Hung Yen and Vinh Phuc.

Facing serious evolution of the novel coronavirus, authorities in Ho Chi Minh City have also decided to shut down all non-essential business and service establishments from 6:00 pm on May 3, including beauty salons, karaoke palours, dance halls, bars, pubs, beer clubs, massage and sauna parlours, e-game stores, cinemas, among others.

Illegal Chinese immigrants found in Hanoi

Some 46 Chinese people were found illegally residing in Nam Tu Liem district of Hanoi since late April amid concerns regarding recent coronavirus outbreaks in Vietnam.

Illegal Chinese immigrants found in Hanoi. Photo: Nhu Quynh

Vice Chairman of the Hanoi People’s Committee Chu Xuan Dung said the Chinese would be tested for Covid-19 and be transferred to a centralized quarantine zone in Hoang Mai district. They were discovered by police on May 2 night.

Dung reiterated the three main sources that pose Covid-19 risks for Hanoi are those who return to the city from other localities, those entering Vietnam legally and are put into centralized quarantine zones, and those who enter the country illegally.

Despite Hanoi’s best efforts to prevent illegal entry, there are still some who manage to slip through. Citizens, especially residences like hotels, should report illegal entrants to authorities for Covid-19 prevention, the vice chairman stressed.

He noted that six Covid-19 cases in Vinh Phuc were employees of a bar in the province who came into close contact with a group of Chinese experts who tested positive for the coronavirus after returning to China later. The remaining cases in other locations are all linked to a Ha Nam man who returned from Japan.

Vietnam’s total coronavirus patients stands at 2,962, with 35 deaths.

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Hanoi closes schools amid Covid-19 outbreak

Hanoi authorities have decided to temporarily shut down schools amid the on-going Covid-19 outbreak.

The decision was issued by the municipal Department of Education and Training on Monday evening. The move is part of the city’s decision to suspend non-essential activities.

Students from kindergarten to high school levels will stay at home from Tuesday until the city’s Department of Education and Training’s further report. The requirement is also applied to centres that teach foreign languages and those providing foreign-invested short-term education.

According to the department, students will study online instead.

Before the Reunification Day (April 30) and May Day, Hanoi schools were urged to prepare online study plans in case of a Covid-19 outbreak. After the holiday, schools need to co-operate with student families on completing health declarations.

Hanoi has seen three locally-infected Covid-19 cases related to the pandemic outbreak in the northern province of Ha Nam. Meanwhile, the city is welcoming a large number of returnees from different localities nationwide after the Reunification Day and May Day holidays.

All historical and religious sites and sidewalk eateries in Hanoi had to close from 5pm on May 3. The city suspended bars and pedestrian streets earlier.