[283] Among the cases are 40 members of the mission, who had gathered in a small alley in G Vp District several times. Nine people in close contact with this female student were quarantined. The disease prevention in the locality is difficult because the province has many industrial parks, hostels with a large number of workers from all over the country come here every day. In response to this, the city People's Committee implemented Directive 10 on 20 June. In addition, many workers share means of transport and live together in crowded hostels, which are the main factors allowing the disease to spread more easily. Most of the cases of COVID-19 are teachers and primary school students, resulting in their family members being infected as well. Key lockdowns and measure introduced during the Covid pandemic between March 2020 and December 2021. Under a close monitoring. The latter is often called a lockdown. [279] Due to large number of patients, all close contacts of coronavirus cases are self-isolated at home to reduce the overload at local quarantine facilities. Another cause for the rapid spread of the disease in industrial zones, according to the leaders of Bc Giang province, is the Provincial Management Board of Industrial Parks and the Department of Health was too slow when detect and isolate infected workers at the beginning, especially at the outbreak in Vn Trung industrial park. [293] After studying 62 infected employees of the Ho Chi Minh City Hospital of Tropical Diseases, the expert team concluded that their SARS-CoV-2 viral load was 251 times higher than Wuhan strain, but much lower than unvaccinated patients. Vietnam had zero Covid-19 deaths It may seem like Vietnam got off easy, but that's not by chance. [172], On 29 November, the Ministry of Health recorded a newly confirmed case of COVID-19 known as patient 1342, he was a 28-year-old male Vietnam Airlines flight attendant who returned to Vietnam from Japan on 14 November. 10. [276] According to the city's Department of Health, they had enough oxygen supply for 50,000 cases scenario. Most businesses like malls, food establishments for takeaways, financial and legal institutions, hospitality facilities, and offices may reopen. [18] The drastic epidemic control measures had positive results and the country did not confirm any cases of local transmission from mid-April to the end of July. Central Vietnam Faces Strictest Lockdown to Date - VOA On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. In 14,000 test samples since the beginning of the pandemic, 38 positive cases were found, of which 18 patients were being treated at Ha Tien Medical Center. The Ministry of Health determined that the possibility it was a positive case was very high. [158], On 7 August, an officer of the 377th Air Defence Division tested positive and the local health officials immediately quarantined 14 close contacts. [66][67] On 29 January, the 2nd COVID-19 patient had fully recovered and was discharged. Hanoi and other provinces also recorded infections related to this cluster. The province had set up 280 ICU beds and implemented a vaccination campaign for the entire Lam Thao district with 30,000 doses. These cases are all related to patients 1552 and 1553, who both came into close contact with a Hai Duong migrant worker diagnosed with the UK coronavirus variant by Japanese authorities. [102], On 8 March, another case in Hanoi was announced, which was a 61-year-old man. Vietnam which shares a border with China reported only 1,465 Covid cases and 35 deaths last year, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University. This is one of the biggest aid from Vietnam to another countries in prevention against COVID-19. [227], On the evening of 25 March, a Chinese man living in Thuan An City, Binh Duong Province took the COVID test to go to Cambodia, tested positive for SARS-CoV-2. Although the first case was detected in the Park 11 building, through preliminary assessment from public health units, it is possible that the outbreak originated from the T&T company, not from the family living in Park 11.[303][304]. Vietnam expands lockdown measures in northern provinces as daily Covid Vietnam locks down capital Hanoi as COVID-19 infections soar - Al Jazeera [223], From 11 March 2020, Hanoi will conduct mass community testing to detect COVID-19 cases in the community early, particularly in high-risk areas like restaurants, coach stations, factories or areas where many foreigners reside. In Hanoi, the authorities also requested suspension of unnecessary mass gathering events. All three cluster related to Hi Dng and Qung Ninh. [86], On 9 February, a 55-year-old woman, a neighbour of case No. [218] On Lunar New Year's Eve 12 February, all provinces and cities stopped firing fireworks and New Year festivals to limit crowds (except for Hanoi still had one fireworks display spot at Thng Nht Park, instead of 30 as planned). The first one was a 33-year-old Japanese businessman who had been working in Hai Phong since June. Covid-19 Pandemic Timeline Fast Facts | CNN This case was treated at the NHTD from 24 April. [187] On 5 January, PM Phuc ordered to suspend flights from countries and territories infected with the new variant, the first two are South Africa and the United Kingdom. At the meeting, military officials said that the death rate in the field hospital was 2.56%, 94.2% in the ICU center, and 3.42% with home treatment. Bc Ninh cluster: Directly related to NHTD cluster with 1,725 cases. However, one patient sample in Hai Duong city was infected with South African variant. Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information. [122], From 17 to 23 April, no new cases were confirmed. From January 2021, foreigners will not be allowed to enter Vietnam to ensure safety for the major political event of the country, the 13th National Congress of the Communist Party. The son was believed to have contracted the virus from his father, who had earlier flown from Wuhan on 13 January, when they met in Nha Trang on 17 January. The hospital took samples from more than 800 medical staff and patients. [173], On 30 November, the Ho Chi Minh City Center for Disease Control (HCDC) announced one case tested positive for COVID-19, a 63-year-old female in Hc Mn District (mother of patient 1342), without confirming the case. Around 1.8 million of 98 million people, or 1.8 per cent of the country's population, have been fully vaccinated, one of the lowest rates in the region. [8] The Vietnamese government immediately locked down Bnh Xuyn District until 4 March 2020 to prevent the disease from spreading all over the country, the first large-scale lockdown outside China. Case #418, a 61-year-old man living in Hi Chu District, was in serious condition, and had to use a ventilator. [240], On 29 April, the Ministry of Health confirmed 45 new cases, including five from local transmission (four people from the same family in H Nam Province and one in Ho Chi Minh City). The patient is being treated at Tra Vinh Tuberculosis and Lung Disease Hospital with fever and sore throat. [264][265], Quang Chu and Vn Trung industrial zones are located very close to each other, next to the arterial road is the Hanoi - Bc Giang expressway and two frontage roads running parallel to the highway. On 27 May, the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control requested a suspension of foreign arrivals into the city and imposed social distancing from 31 May. [20][21] On 28 July, the Da Nang authorities immediately locked down the city for 15 days. The city also tested people who traveled from Hai Duong Province's Chi Linh City from 1 January and Van Don International Airport from 5 January. Few days later, six people in this group tested positive for COVID-19. On 28 December, four apartment blocks in District 5, Ho Chi Minh City were locked down after a man in the area tested positive. logarithmic. 17 was infected to seek healthcare in her home country. [90] 10,600 villagers were divided into groups of 5060 households each, each group assigned to a supervision team responsible for daily household visits and health-checks. [253] On 5 May, right after receiving information from the National Hospital of Tropical Diseases that there were two COVID-19 positive cases, Bac Ninh province urgently searched for close contacts and issued a notice in the province to find people who have been to the NHTD. Given the stabilizing situation in the province, the outbreak control special unit has been dissolved and supported medical workforces have gradually decreased since the second week of June. The days recorded high numbers of cases such as: 30 June (81 cases), 1 July (90 cases), 4 July (87 cases), 5 July (114 cases), 6 July (92 cased) and 7 July (140 cases). [104], On 9 March evening, a 49-year-old British man was tested positive (case #31) and put into quarantine in Qung Nam Province, previously on the same flight with patient number 17. [80], On 34 February, Vietnam announced their eighth and ninth case: a 29-year-old female (#8) and a 30-year-old male (#9). "The rate of close contacts (who used to be negative) becoming positive is very high. The patient was discharged from Cho Ray Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City a few days later. [123][124] However, there were reports of cases who tested positive again after being discharged. 09 DEC 2022. [100], On 7 March afternoon, a 27-year-old Vietnamese was diagnosed with COVID-19 and moved into quarantine in Ninh Bnh Province for treatment, making this the 18th case. Timeline of UK government coronavirus lockdowns and restrictions. As of Tuesday, the. Bc Giang Province's Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control assessed that the cause of this may from cases at Vn Trung Industrial Park. The authorities also conducted disinfection procedures at the places the patient lives and had visited. The hospital worked with the Oxford University Clinical Research Unit to monitor the clinical progress and SARS-CoV-2 viral load of these positive cases to assess the effectiveness of the vaccine. But the country's cumulative cases. ", "Dch COVID-19: Bc Ninh v Bc Giang d kin quay li trng thi "bnh thng mi" t 10/7", Chiu 3/5, thm 10 ca mc COVID-19 trong cng ng ti H Nam, Vnh Phc, H Nam pht hin 4 ca dng tnh SARS-CoV-2 lin quan dch L Nhn, "Khu vc c dch COVID-19 cui cng H Nam c d b phong ta", 7 ca mc Covid-19 Nng lm cng thm m vin AMIDA. On the morning of 7 May, 10 people at K Hospital, Tn Triu Branch (Thanh Tr District, Hanoi) had positive results for SARS-CoV-2 including four patients and six patients relatives. He was driven to a border gate in southern Vietnam two days ago then to Ho Chi Minh City, then got on a different bus to Vinh Long. [95], On 6 March night, Hanoi urgently announced a new case of coronavirus, the first one found in the capital of Vietnam. Vietnam to ease nationwide coronavirus lockdown | Reuters The epidemic has spread to 20/25 provinces and cities of this country. [72], On 1 February, a 25-year-old woman (#6) was declared coronavirus-positive in Khnh Ha Province. [96][97] Within the night, the government proceeded to track and isolate roughly 200 people who either had close contact, lived on the same street, or had been on the same flight VN0054 from London as patient No. As of 19 May, the city had isolated all of the positive patients and their close contacts. Related to the illegal entrants from Laos. [107] Before the end of the day, the 34th case was identified, a 51-year-old businesswoman who had visited the United States, with a brief transit in Korea and Qatar during the trip. Long weekend becomes 9-week lockdown for AP Vietnam reporter Along with that, Vietnam started its mass COVID-19 vaccination campaign on the next day.[35][36]. The Cuban government also sent a team of health experts into the epicenter, Da Nang. Vietnam: Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City: HCMC), Nhan Tran & Phu My (since 2005) . Passengers must provide COVID-19 negative certificate issued by the host country within three days before boarding. [166], After the central government considered that the COVID-19 outbreak has been brought under control, on 7 September, Da Nang has decided to ease its social distancing restrictions, and all passenger transportation and business enterprises resumed normal operations. 1.1.2 March 2020-2021: sporadic outbreaks and strict measures "From asymptomatic to severe: Delta variant wreaks havoc in mere hours - VnExpress International", "Th im iu tr F0 ti nh TP HCM t ngy 16/8". Thanh Xun Trung cluster:[305] This cluster started from the first two patients in alley 330 Nguyen Trai at the end of August. [48][49][50][51] In addition, gene sequencing results show that the SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant is the dominant variant in this wave, especially among cases in central and southern localities of Vietnam. [75][76][77][78], On 2 February, a Vietnamese American (#7) got infected with coronavirus, due to two-hour layover in Wuhan airport during his trip from the US. [56] The number of new cases began to fall to several thousand per day in mid-September, and restrictions were eased. [141] On 25 July, the Ministry of Health confirmed the case in Da Nang, ending 99 continuous days of Vietnam not confirming any local transmission cases. Vietnam to end COVID lockdown in Ho Chi Minh City [297], in Bin cluster: On 14 May, Nm P district, in Bin province recorded the first COVID-19 case, was a female employee working in a boarding school for ethnic minorities. Total Coronavirus Cases in Vietnam. [5][6][7] The first cluster also appeared in Son Loi Commune, Bnh Xuyn District, Vnh Phc after a few workers returned from a training trip in Wuhan and infected other people in closecontact with them. [116][117][118] Subsequently, a new-found case connected with the man were also discovered the following days. Deputy Prime Minister V c am, head of the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control, urged all competent forces to remain vigilant and stand ready to deal with new developments of the pandemic. [9] Having known cases early is one of the main reasons why Vietnam was successful in fighting the virus. [140] The ministry rolled out extensive countermeasures and immediately sent a group of doctors from Cho Ray Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City to Da Nang to assist with the case. Most of the cases from the cluster that were sequenced have been confirmed to have the B.1.1.7 variant. [39][40] On 26 July 2021, for the first time in the country's disease prevention history, Ho Chi Minh City imposed a daily night curfew beginning at 6:00pm. Vietnam COVID - Coronavirus Statistics - Worldometer [167] On the same day, all 180 bars and discos in Ho Chi Minh City re-opened. Coronavirus: Vietnam bans people from leaving their homes as deaths Vietnam reported just 1,500 cases of COVID-19 during the whole of 2020, and was the only nation in Southeast Asia to record positive growth for the year. [161] Out of 152 cases of illegal entry discovered in Ho Chi Minh City since May, Chinese people account for 72%, Cambodians 11%, and the rest were Vietnamese and Korean, the Center for Disease Control in Ho Chi Minh City (HCDC) said. Frontiers | COVID-19 Timeline of Vietnam: Important Milestones Through Total Coronavirus Cases Total Cases (Linear Scale) Feb 15, 2020 Nov 11, 2020 Aug 08, 2021 May 05, 2022 Jan 30, 2023 Apr 09, 2020 Jun 02, 2020 Jul 26, 2020 Sep 18, 2020 Jan 04, 2021 Feb 27, 2021 Apr 22, 2021 Jun 15, 2021 Oct 01, 2021 Nov 24, 2021 Jan 17, 2022 Mar 12, 2022 Jun 28, 2022 Aug . [275], In addition to distancing and blockade measures, the city has increased testing in order to track down unidentified cases in the community. 5 were also transmitted on 6 February. On the evening of 1 September, they began to evacuate people from the area. [59], In March 2022, Prime Minister Phm Minh Chnh declared COVID-19 to be "endemic" and considered ending daily reporting of new cases. Was the most dangerous and the reason for most of the cases in Vietnam's northern localities. 17. V sao B Y t cng b ca t vong, ca nhim chm hn a phng? This marked a major change in the country's approach to COVID-19,[53][54][55] forcing Vietnam to accelerate its vaccination campaign to control the pandemic. The lockdown order includes the Mekong Delta and Ho Chi Minh City metropolis, the country's financial and economic hub with over 35 million people nearly a third of Vietnam's population. Contribute to chinapedia/wikipedia.en development by creating an account on GitHub. Vietnam: Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City: HCMC), Nhan Tran & Phu My (since Upon arrival in country, the flight crew members were quarantined in a quarantine facility of Vietnam Airlines in Ho Chi Minh City. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources. [266], After nearly two months in lockdown, the situation in Bc Giang continued to improve gradually with no new clusters being reported. Vietnam had seemingly conquered Covid. Then Delta spread Vietnam deploys troops to enforce strict coronavirus lockdown in Ho Chi The force of doctors involved in assisting Kien Giang includes 13 people, including specialists in resuscitation, artificial kidneys, infection control. The city would prioritize closing field hospitals set up at schools and dorms so that children may return to school. [98][99] The incident also sparked a wave of stockpiling purchases across the city. [203], Initially, the government only quarantine the areas directly related to the infected people to limit the economic impact. It's possible that the outbreak in Lam Thao started at the district health center. Vietnam Locks Down Hanoi For 15 Days As COVID-19 Cases Rise Emerging COVID-19 success story: Vietnam's commitment to containment [92], On 25 February, the 16th was released from the hospital after being tested negative from the COVID-19, temporarily made Vietnam cleared from COVID-19 outbreak. [119] On 22 March, another case also related to the Islamic activities is a fellow Muslim who returned from Malaysia also attended in the same Sri Petaling mosque, before went back to Vietnam and still did Islamic praying five times a day in Jamiul Anwar mosque, despite being asked to quarantine at home. Vietnam's biggest cities tighten restrictions as COVID-19 - Reuters The second patient was a 31-year-old staff at the Van Don International Airport in Qung Ninh, this airport has served many repatriation flights amid the pandemic. linear. The cause of death still unknown. The first cases discovered in Ho Chi Minh City were two people from Wuhan (China), the disease then spread in 13 other localities. The number of new cases is up to hundreds per day, showing that the epidemic has been spreading widely into the community, making the outbreak in Ho Chi Minh City and the southern provinces difficult to predict. [22] Hundreds of cases across the country with epidemiological factors related to Da Nang were furthermore detected,[23] and the first death was also recorded on 31 July. As of June, there have been cases of COVID-19 in every areas in the province and spreading to other localities.[254][255]. "Ho Chi Minh City has 1.6 million workers; if the disease is not well controlled, it will cause a health crisis," Minister Long emphasized. The 23-year-old man had stayed with patient 1440 in Myanmar before they crossed the Vietnamese border with other seven people. Mr Hancock and top civil servant Simon Case joked about travellers 'locked up' in quarantine hotels during Covid lockdown The health secretary said the Government should 'get heavy with the police . [10], When the pandemic spreads across the globe, the coronavirus cases in the country also surged, and on the evening of 6 March, the Hanoi Department of Health confirmed the first case in the capital, a 26-year-old woman who had travelled to Europe. (This includes the Reuters. They belonged to the same training team with the previous confirmed cases of three (cases #3-through-5). Many hostels are located near to factories and businesses. [249] Another notable feature of this wave is that because the disease had spread to many provinces in Vietnam, there were outbreaks in the same locality at the same time but from few another sources of infection, making difficult to trace and cut the chain of infection. Meanwhile, the city reopened relic sites and tourist attractions on 8 March; and pedestrian streets around Hoan Kiem Lake on 12 March. New daily cases have surpassed 10,000 and deaths are being reported in hundreds. The Border Guard Command has established 118 more posts, bringing the total number of border control posts to 1,798, which served by more than 11,300 soldiers. [237], At the COVID-19 Steering Committee meeting, Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee Nguyn Thnh Phong said the city would not organize fireworks on Reunification Day. Of the 699 cases related to the market, 217 are traders, 37 are buyers and 445 close contacts.