Hai Phong city lifts lockdown of two last locations

Residents in Block 112, Du Hang Worker's Residential Area, Le Chn District celebrate after the lockdown is lifted. (Photo: VNA)

HaiPhong (VNA) – The northern port city of Hai Phong has removed the14-day lockdown for the last two locations, namely hamlet 4 of Loi Dong village,Thuy Nguyen district and Block 112 of Du Hang worker's residential area, Du Hangward, Le Chan district from midnight on March 9.

Previously,a 26-year-old female nurse, who worked at the city’s Transport Hospital tested positivefor SARS-CoV-2 after the city conducted tests for medical staff on February 21.The nurse lives in hamlet 4 of Loi Dong village.

Alsothe same day, the city’s Preventive Medicine Centre took samples of a malenurse, 28, who worked at the city’s Transport Hospital. The sample was positivefor SARS-CoV-2. He lives in Block 112, Da Hang ward, Le Chan district.

Therefore,the areas, where the two patients live, were locked down for 14 days.

Accordingto a report by the city’s health department, the two patients tested negativefor SARS-CoV-2 and have been under active treatment now.

Atotal of 2,557 samples of people, who directly contacted the two patients,already tested negative three times, the report said.

OnMarch 8 afternoon, the city’s administration also removed the lockdown of thecity’s Transport Hospital, where the two patients worked./.

VNA