Total Coronavirus Cases in Vietnam. [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. Qu V cluster recorded 127 cases, source of transmission was identified mainly from Qu V Industrial Park. [307], After recording a decrease in the number of COVID-19 cases and deaths, many localities have adjusted to loosen social distancing. , however, the rate of people receiving two doses was just about 0.5%.[314][315]. After this period of time, if a person tests negative for the coronavirus, they can remain in Vietnam. Chairman of the People's Committee of Nng L Trung Chinh signed a decision to extend the time of social distancing and asked people to self-isolate themselves until 26 August. [121], On 26 March, 12 more cases were confirmed. [37][38] As the epidemic has spread to many provinces in Vietnam, many outbreaks are occurring in many localities at the same time, making it "nearly impossible" to trace and cut the chain of infection. During the rapid screening test, the Bc Ninh Department of Health discovered one positive case of COVID-19 known as patient 3055 in Mo in commune (Thun Thnh district). [101] Just 2 hours later, the Vietnamese Ministry of Health confirmed 2 more cases (#19-#20) in Hanoi, both related to the 17th case. Nguyn Th Mng Ngc, Director of the province's Department of Health, said the province has identified three main sources of infection. Vietnam to end COVID lockdown in Ho Chi Minh City 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. After nine days, the disease in here had spread to seven districts in Nng. 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On 28 December, four apartment blocks in District 5, Ho Chi Minh City were locked down after a man in the area tested positive. wikipedia.en/Timeline_of_the_COVID-19_pandemic_in_Vietnam.md at main Vietnam's biggest cities tighten restrictions as COVID-19 - Reuters [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. Coronavirus: Vietnam bans people from leaving their homes as deaths ", "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. But the country's cumulative cases. 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. Vietnamese and Chinese border forces have set up nine joint teams to prevent cross-border crimes and illegal immigration.[231]. 17 while in London, tested positive (case #32). Under a close monitoring. HCMC has set up 96 injection sites in all of its districts and over 300 mobile injection sites in industrial zones. BY KATHY KATELLA March 9, 2021. They belonged to the same training team with the previous confirmed cases of three (cases #3-through-5). A 42-year-old female met and greeted with the case No. [109] Within the same day, 3 more case were discovered (#36-#38), all are related to patient number 34. [163], From 1 September, Vietnam started charging people coming from other countries for quarantine and reduced the 14-day centralized quarantine policy to maximum seven days for foreign experts, investors, managers, and diplomats entering the country for less than two weeks. From December 2019, when an unknown virus was found in China, to the release of vaccines for Covid-19 - here are the points where momentum shifted . [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. Hanoi and other provinces also recorded infections related to this cluster. According to the reports of the Ministry of Health, Yn Bi and its related clusters are basically under controlled. Most of the cases from the cluster that were sequenced have been confirmed to have the B.1.1.7 variant. After an investigation, 5 people who had had close contact with the patient were identified; none of them wore face masks. According to Bc Giang's COVID-19 situation report, the number of patients will certainly increase, because there are more than 50,000 high-risk samples have not been tested. [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. "The rate of close contacts (who used to be negative) becoming positive is very high. The source of infection is from Indian and Chinese experts, and then spread to Vinh Phuc and some other provinces. All the 305 passengers from this flight were quarantined upon the arrival in Tra Vinh (147 people), Vinh Long (137 people), Can Tho (17 people) and Ho Chi Minh City (4 people). 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The 4th Coast Guard Region Command, has also sent 32 boats to the region. [236] According to the city Department of Health, there are currently 20 public hospitals and 24 non-public hospitals. [175][176], On 1 December, Ho Chi Minh City announced two more cases. Was the most dangerous and the reason for most of the cases in Vietnam's northern localities. [26][27] Sporadic community infections continue during November and December, causing public scare and heightened measures. The Ministry of Health also provides detailed guidance documents for F0s, teaching them to self-care, monitor their health and contact medical facilities in case of severe symptoms. HANOI (Reuters) - Vietnam, which has reported under 300 cases of coronavirus and no deaths since the first infections were detected in January, said on Wednesday it would start lifting tough. 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. The first time, they tested negative for COVID-19. On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization . Two days later, all 152 test results came back negative. [282], Christian mission cluster: The cluster at Revival Ekklesia Mission had more than 520 cases in H Ch Minh City and six other provinces. [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. Aside from cases related to flight VN0054 and patient 34, there are 3 unrelated cases: A Vietnamese came back from Paris, a Vietnamese overseas student who has been travelling across Europe, and a Czech national. The Ministry of Defence ordered the military to bolster troop numbers along borders to prevent illegal entrants trying to enter the country through trails to avoid being quarantined, since a large number of Vietnamese working in neighboring countries are seeking to return home for Tt in many ways. The number of COVID-19 cases connected with this outbreak was 238, including: 90 cases at the hospital and 148 people in community.[250][251][252]. This article documents the chronology and epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes the coronavirus disease 2019 ( COVID-19) and is responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic, in March 2023. However, when screening at several hospitals showed more cases, numerous more clusters were identified in the area. Ministry of Health of Vietnam (Chart from Vietnam Ministry of Health). This group of people was tested twice by Hanoi CDC. [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. [160] On the same day, the Ministry of Health announced that Ho Chi Minh City had 1 new case of COVID-19, patient 912, a Chinese man who crossed the northern border illegally into Vietnam. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. Later, when testing this patient's family members including father, mother and younger brother, the results were also positive. The Cambodian government has lockdown the capital Phnom Penh and many of its provinces from 15 April. [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 WHO, a total of more than 14 million people have been placed under quarantine since the beginning of the pandemic. [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. [194] In the noon of 28 January, the country reported 84 new cases in Hai Dng and Quang Ninh, being the highest number of new cases in a day. More than 25,000 close contacts identified and tested. [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. [158], On 7 August, an officer of the 377th Air Defence Division tested positive and the local health officials immediately quarantined 14 close contacts. [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. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources. City health officials quarantined 343 close contacts and tested them; all the tests were negative. Vietnam to extend lockdown throughout southern region as COVID cases Watch 1m 8s [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. linear. 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. [297] After 13 days of extensive testing for more than 1.2 million people, the results detected 12,284 people with COVID-19 (rate of positive tests is 1%). Chui ly nhim ch u mi khin Nng ko di cch ly, TP HCM sau hn mt thng p dng bin php chng dch, "TP HCM ' oxy' iu tr bnh nhn Covid-19". [274], On 26 May, a positive case linked to a Christian mission was discovered in G Vp District. [168], As of 28 October, Vietnam has not found any new cases of community transmission. The group also has doctor Tran Thanh Linh - deputy director of emergency resuscitation department at Cho Ray hospital, who has been sent to support in many COVID-19 hotspots such as Da Nang, Gia Lai.