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On Thursday, Hà Nội City People's Committee requested the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention to urgently contact all patients who are Truong Sinh Company employees to clarify their travel history and close contacts since March 10 to organise quarantine and isolation. … [Read more...] about Risk of coronavirus community transmission high: expert

A patient is provided physical therapy at HCM City Traditional Medicine Institute. Hospitals in HCM City will send their health staff to people's homes to examine and treat people aged more than 60 who suffer from chronic or common diseases. VNA/VNS Photo Phương Vy … [Read more...] about City hospitals send health staff to homes of seniors

Bangkok (VNA) – About 70 percent of Thais understand and are engaging in the "social distancing" campaign, which is a major strategy to curb the transmission of COVID-19, the latest survey conducted by Thailand’s Department of Mental Health showed. The department conducted the survey last week among 26,000 respondents. The study's goal was to find out the appropriate measures needed to push the campaign to exceed the 80 percent milestone. Local media quoted Kiattiphoom Vongrachit, Director-General of the department, as saying that the 80 percent benchmark is based on a research in Australia, which found that is the threshold when COVID-19 transmission potentially stops. Thailand’s Ministry of Public Health estimated that if social distancing compliance exceeds 80 percent, the number of COVID-19 cases will reach 7,745 by April 15. The cases will however climb to 17,635 by that date if social distancing compliance is only 50 percent. With no social distancing, the … [Read more...] about Over 80 percent of Thais expected to engage in social distancing