Lockdowns

Director of the Department of Health in the city Dr. Nguyen Tan Binh made the announcement of 24 more Covid-19 community transmission cases at an urgent meeting with the Ministry of Health and the municipal People’s Committee. All people who tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 were transported to the centralized quarantine areas. The city Center for Disease Control and Prevention (HCDC) continued tracking close contacts. Any residential locations in the southern metropolis are under lockdowns. When it comes to patients 1,979 and 20 suspected cases who are employees at Tan Son Nhat Airport, the health sector has rushed to conduct more than 7,300 employees in the airport. Test results of four more samples came out positive; therefore, the health sector decided to track back contacts of the four positive cases ( patients 2,002; 2,003; 2,004; and 2,005 ) who had been suspected cases before and contacts of patient 1,979. Initially, 251 contacts were isolated for testing. 24 of them were … [Read more...] about HCMC has 24 more positive Covid-19 cases, any areas in city under lockdowns

Director of the Department of Health in the city Dr. Nguyen Tan Binh made the announcement of 24 more Covid-19 community transmission cases at an urgent meeting with the Ministry of Health and the municipal People’s Committee. All people who tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 were transported to the centralized quarantine areas. The city Center for Disease Control and Prevention (HCDC) continued tracking close contacts. Any residential locations in the southern metropolis are under lockdowns. When it comes to patients 1,979 and 20 suspected cases who are employees at Tan Son Nhat Airport, the health sector has rushed to conduct more than 7,300 employees in the airport. Test results of four more samples came out positive; therefore, the health sector decided to track back contacts of the four positive cases ( patients 2,002; 2,003; 2,004; and 2,005 ) who had been suspected cases before and contacts of patient 1,979. Initially, 251 contacts were isolated for testing. 24 of them were … [Read more...] about HCMC has 24 more positive Covid-19 cases, many areas in city under lockdowns

Two coronavirus infections that prompted a snap lockdown of New Zealand's largest city on Monday have been revealed as the country's first cases of the UK strain. New Zealand's health ministry said tests had identified that the infections in Auckland were caused by the highly contagious variant first found in the UK, with no link to any other positive cases detected so far in New Zealand. "This result reinforces the decision to take swift and robust action around the latest cases to detect and stamp out the possibility of any further transmission," the ministry said. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern ordered a three-day lockdown for almost two million Auckland residents from Monday, with schools and non-essential businesses forced to close. No new infections had been detected beyond the initial cluster of three cases in one family, but health officials are rushing to find out how the virus entered the largely Covid-free country. New Zealand director-general of health, Ashley … [Read more...] about New Zealand’s largest city enters lockdown as UK variants found

The Hanoitimes - Authorities are investigating sources of the disinformation which is "extremely poisonous". A representative of Hanoi's government has rejected rumors that the city will be placed under lockdown due to the growing number of coronavirus infections in the city. Deputy Director Nguyen Thi Mai Huong of the municipal Department of Information and Communications “Hanoi is effectively conducting quarantine measures in areas and sections of streets where infections have been found. Truc Bach is an example of lockdown due to human-to-human transmission detected there. Except for that, the city has not made any proposal on locking down the whole city. This is a complete fabrication,” Huong said. … [Read more...] about Hanoi rejects rumors about whole-city lockdown

The Hanoitimes - There's no need to panic buy or hoard foodstuffs, said Hanoi's mayor. Chairman Nguyen Duc Chung of the Hanoi People’s Committee has refuted rumors on social media saying that the city will be placed under lockdown and affirmed that the Covid-19 pandemic is still under control here. Chairman Nguyen Duc Chung of the Hanoi People’s Committee The ongoing influx of overseas Vietnamese and foreigners from pandemic-hit regions has increased the number of coronavirus infections in Hanoi recently. All information on the pandemic situation in the city has been made public to its citizens, Chung told local media on Friday. … [Read more...] about Hanoi yet to consider city lockdown: Mayor