Vietnamese province under social distancing order as COVID-19 spreads
VOV.VN - A number of social distancing measures have been implemented in the northern province of Thai Binh from midday on May 6 after the locality recorded five locally transmitted coronavirus cases.
The provincial administration has ordered people to follow all lockdown measures, requiring local residents to remain at home and not engage in public gatherings involving more than 20 people.
Individuals are permitted to leave their home in an emergency, or to purchase essential goods and services. All cultural, sporting, and entertainment activities have been forced to be temporarily suspended.
Ngo Dong Hai, secretary of the Party Committee of Thai Binh province, has urged local authorities and residents to strictly follow measures aimed at halting the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The local healthcare department should swiftly detect hotspots-related cases, prepare resources in case the outbreak gets worse, and provide COVID-19 vaccinations for F1 and F2 cases, he directed.
Districts and cities have been urged to raise COVID-19 prevention and control measures to the highest level possible, Hai stressed.
Five positive cases of the SARS-CoV-2 virus were recorded in three wards in Thai Binh province, all of which are related to the coronavirus hotspot at Hanoi-based National Hospital for Tropical Diseases.
