Amid COVID-19 outbreak, border guards stationing along the Vietnam-China borderline have deployed numerous measures to prevent the disease from spreading.
Soldiers in Si Ma Cai Border Post under Lao Cai provincial Border Command guard a checkpoint (Photo: VNA)
Pha Long Border Post under Lao Cai provincial Border Command organises a communication team to go door-to-door to tell local people about preventive measures against COVID-19 (Photo: VNA)
Officers from Pha Long Border Post (Lao Cai province) keep local ethnic people updated on current situation of COVID-19 and preventive measures against it (Photo: VNA)
Officers from Pha Long Border Post (Lao Cai province) keep local ethnic people updated on current situation of COVID-19 and preventive measures against it (Photo: VNA)
Border guards from Pha Long Border Post instruct locals on wearing face mask as a way to protect themselves from COVID-19 outbreak (Photo: VNA)
Officers from Pha Long Border Post present free hand sanitiser to local residents and instruct them on using it (Photo: VNA)
An officer from Pha Long Border Post (Lao Cai province) instructs locals on using hand sanitiser (Photo: VNA)
A teenage girl from the H’Mong ethnic minority group was confirmed positive for SARS-CoV-2 on April 16 morning, taking the total number of cases in Vietnam to 268, according to the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control.
