[200], On 15 February, Hanoi CDC recorded one case was a deceased 53-year-old Japanese expert, his body was found inside Somerset West Point hotel room. [291], In addition, the city also detected 48 COVID-19 patients through screening at 30 hospitals and clinics. The health sector is investigating why this variant appeared in the city. The clusters related from the city of Da Nang includes H Nam province, New Phuong Dong discotheque, AMIDA salon then spread to many provinces. logarithmic. [262] Notably, the newly discovered cluster at Hosiden Vietnam Company (Quang Chu Industrial Park) has recorded a total of 660 cases (11% of its total employees). [26][27] Sporadic community infections continue during November and December, causing public scare and heightened measures. [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. On 16 October, the administration of Ho Chi Minh City closed the No. [131], On 29 May, after a long period without any confirmed cases of local transmission, Vietnam Airlines announced that it had completely restored its domestic flights after months under lockdown; international flights, however, remain suspended. The 23-year-old man had stayed with patient 1440 in Myanmar before they crossed the Vietnamese border with other seven people. Nguyn Th Mng Ngc, Director of the province's Department of Health, said the province has identified three main sources of infection. 5 was tested positive, making the number of cases in Vietnam 16. [236] According to the city Department of Health, there are currently 20 public hospitals and 24 non-public hospitals. [88], The 15th case was identified on 11 February, a 3-month-old grandchild of case No. [179][180] After contact tracing for the latest four patients, the city has placed under supervision 861 close contacts (F1), 1,400 people exposed to F1 (F2) and 1,002 others. [276] According to the city's Department of Health, they had enough oxygen supply for 50,000 cases scenario. 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. - Tui Tr Online", "Bnh nhn th 16 nhim virus corona xut vin hm nay", "Coronavirus miracle? [232] Authorities fear the cross-border transmission via illegal entrants will trigger a fourth wave in Vietnam. Hanoi dispatched a medical team to the coastal city and called an emergency meeting the next day on prevention efforts. [278] The Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee in a meeting on 14 July recorded the number of COVID-19 deaths in the city in the fourth wave to 130, four times the number announced by the Ministry of Health. [186], On 2 January, Vietnam reported a detection of the UK variant of SARS-CoV-2 in a 45-year-old female, a resident of Tra Vinh province who returned from the United Kingdom on 22 December on flight VN50. [182], On 9 December, following the instructions of the People's Committee of Ho Chi Minh City, the HCDC had conducted random COVID-19 testing at Mien Dong Coach Station to ensure that no infections are missed in the community. [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. The first time, they tested negative for COVID-19. This raises concerns about an outbreak from people who entered illegally into the city area. ", the representative of Bc Giang province's health department said. [94], On 3 March, after 20 days without new case of coronavirus, Son Loi village was approved to remove quarantine. After seven days of extensive testing, the health sector recorded an additional 388 positive cases residing in two alleys 328, 330 and other nearby apartments. [103] Later this day, 9 more cases was announced, with 4 cases in Qung Ninh, 2 cases in Lo Cai, 2 cases in Nng and 1 case in Tha Thin Hu. Timeline of UK government coronavirus lockdowns and restrictions Long weekend becomes 9-week lockdown for AP Vietnam reporter [70][71] Case No. Key lockdowns and measure introduced during the Covid pandemic between March 2020 and December 2021. This surge occurred due to the more transmissible. 5, tested positive; the 14th case. Vietnam: Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City: HCMC), Nhan Tran & Phu My (since This cluster was identified by the leaders of the Center for Disease Control (CDC) in Hanoi as having reached the 2nd or 3rd infection cycle. [122], From 17 to 23 April, no new cases were confirmed. [33][34] On 7 March 2021, the situation in northern provinces appears to have been largely brought under control when number of new cases fell to single digits. [87], On 10 February, three more cases: #4, #5 and #9 were declared to be recovered. [17] On the same day, former Prime Minister Nguyn Xun Phc announced the nationwide outbreak of COVID-19. 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 . The following is a timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom in 2023 . [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. [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. According to the director, the locality lacking human resources and medical equipment to meet the needs of tracing and taking samples for testing, and must seek support from other localities. [63], On 23 January, Vietnam confirmed the first two cases of COVID-19. [280], On 16 August, the Ministry of Health piloted a "home-based care" program for positive cases in the city. The program is implemented with 3 main activities, including: take samples for testing at home, providing medicine boxes and a number of health-promoting products, and at the same time supporting health counseling, provide food packages for infected people and their family members to stay at home, reducing the risk of spread. Coronavirus: Vietnam bans people from leaving their homes as deaths [16] From 1 April, Vietnam implemented a 15 days nationwide lockdown. He had been quarantined for 14 days in Nng and tested negative for coronavirus three times before completing quarantine. Through testing, 75 more positive cases were found, most of them were workers in the same factory with her. [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. City health officials quarantined 343 close contacts and tested them; all the tests were negative. 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. As of June, there have been cases of COVID-19 in every areas in the province and spreading to other localities.[254][255]. [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. [234], From 20 February to 22 April, about 1,300 people entered through Ha Tien border gate, including 31 cases of illegal entry. Under a close monitoring. [286], Regarding the source of infection, 55% of patients are infected from religious activities, 25% at work, 15% from family, and 5% from their friends. [59], In March 2022, Prime Minister Phm Minh Chnh declared COVID-19 to be "endemic" and considered ending daily reporting of new cases. Vietnam: Coronavirus Pandemic Country Profile - Our World in Data [298] The Department of Health of Bnh Dng province said that among the current outbreaks, the most dangerous clusters is the one in Tn Phc Khnh ward, Tn Uyn town and at the company in Bnh Chun ward, Thun An City. The city also held the largest vaccination campaign. [312] On the same day, Nng officially allowed the services industry to reopen, with restaurants and bars re-opening after nearly half a year of closure. [199], At a meeting on 31 January, Hanoi People's Committee announced the decision to close all bars, karaoke parlors, and discotheques, residents are required to avoid non-essential gatherings from 1 February. Thun Thnh District was the first cluster in the province with 591 cases, the outbreak in here have been contained. On January 4, Hanoi CDC returned the test results of the remaining 5 people, including patient 1498. Two remaining cases (Case #419 and #420) are a 17-year-old teenager and a 71-year-old woman, all of whom were related with Da Nang C Hospital. After one week, the cluster number of cases in here increased to 40. Throughout the pandemic, Bnh Dng detected 46 clusters, mostly from the infection chain in Ho Chi Minh City with the Delta variant. [275], In addition to distancing and blockade measures, the city has increased testing in order to track down unidentified cases in the community. On the evening of 1 September, they began to evacuate people from the area. The patient (case #17), a 26-year-old woman, had been travelling across Europe during the outbreak. 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. Many patients are infected with the Delta variant so their close contacts quickly become positive. The two alleys are old residential areas with a high population density and an unsanitary environment, which has resulted in a large number of cases despite quarantine efforts. [66], On 29 January, the Ministry of Health established 40 mobile emergency response teams, on stand-by to assist affected locations, for quarantining, disinfecting, and transporting patients or suspected patients. 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. The number of confirmed cases is the highest total in Southeast Asia, and the 13th highest in the world. The source of infection is from Indian and Chinese experts, and then spread to Vinh Phuc and some other provinces. [181], In the emergency meeting in response to the COVID-19 outbreak on 1 December in Hanoi, PM Nguyn Xun Phc announced that international commercial flights would be halted and everyone entering the country would have to be quarantined in military barracks or local quarantine areas. [204][205], By 25 March 2021, Vietnam had 25 COVID-19 clusters related to the outbreaks, these are most notable five:[206][207], Since the third wave began, Vietnam recorded 910 cases in community in 13 cities and provinces. In the afternoon of 24 July, the man suspected of being infected with COVID-19 was suffering from acute and severe pneumonia and had to be supported by ECMO. Directive 10 mandates that non-essential business services, spontaneous marketplaces, and public passenger transportation must be halted and no more than three individuals may gather in public spaces with the minimum distance of 1.5 meters. News of the worsening coronavirus crisis hit Vietnam shares on Friday, with its benchmark index closing down 3.3 per cent. [91], On 13 February, father of case No. [125][126] On 22 April, People's Committee of ng Vn District decided to lockdown Dong Van town for six days after confirmed the first cases in the province on 16 April. Vietnam entered a nationwide lockdown on April 1. Chu Thnh is the province's hot spot with 103 cases, of which the highest concentration of cases is in An Hip and Tn Nhun ng communes. Initially, the lockdown was set for 15 days, but it was extended to 21 days in 28 out of 63 provinces. According to a previous plan, Ho Chi Minh City would hold a fireworks display on 30 April at 5 places. Of Vietnam's nearly 16,000 COVID-19 fatalities, more than 99% have come in this latest wave. The data on the coronavirus pandemic is updated daily. [142][143], After the case was confirmed, Prime Minister Nguyn Xun Phc ordered the Ministry of Public Security to investigate and deal with a crime ring that illegally trafficked foreigners into Da Nang and Quang Nam. According to ng Thp Department of Health, the first patient is female, living in Tn Khnh Trung commune, Lp V district. The number has since jumped to nearly. [235], During an inspection of the epidemic prevention in Can Tho city on 26 April, the Ministry of Health requested the establishment of a regional field hospitals located in Can Tho to prepare all scenarios and resources to isolate and treat people entering the region from countries where the number of people with COVID-19 has been increasing. On the Cambodia and Laos border, many provinces has implemented drastic measures to prevent and control epidemic such as: strengthening tight control at border gates, trails, open paths. But as the outbreak has spread around the world, it has become more . [174] On the same day, the HCDC confirmed one more case, an English teacher (friend of patient 1342) living in District 6. Kien Giang has two land border gates, five seaports and two airports. (This includes the Reuters. After this period of time, if a person tests negative for the coronavirus, they can remain in Vietnam. Around the industrial park, there are hundreds of motels, markets and entertainment facility. At sea there is also a patrol force consisting of nine ships and two boats of the Border Guard, Fisheries Surveillance, and Coast Guard. [292] Notably, when Ho Chi Minh City Hospital for Tropical Diseases tested RT-PCR for 887 employees on 13 June, it recorded 53 positive cases with COVID-19. Therefore, according to the Department of Health, pathogens came from dormitories to companies and factories, then from workers spread to other dormitories, forming large outbreaks. COVID-19 Timeline; COVID-19 stats; COVID-19, a year and half later. She had flown back to Vietnam in a private jet with quarantined cabin after becoming aware that case No.