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Many cases under quarantine in localities

Six people who shared the same coach with COVID-19 Patient No.1452 have been put under quarantine in the Mekong Delta province of Ben Tre, according to Deputy Director of the provincial Disease Control Centre Nguyen Huu Dinh.
Many cases under quarantine in localities ảnh 1At a quarantine site (Photo: VNA)

Ben Tre (VNA) – Six people who sharedthe same coach with COVID-19 Patient No.1452 have been put under quarantine inthe Mekong Delta province of Ben Tre, according to Deputy Director of the provincialDisease Control Centre Nguyen Huu Dinh.

The patient is a 31-year-oldVietnamese woman residing in Lai Vung district, the Mekong Delta province ofDong Thap. She illegally entered the country via an open trail on December 24together with Patient No.1440, then travelled to Dong Thap.

She tested positive to SARS-CoV-2 by Pasteur Institute in Ho Chi Minh City onDecember 27.

The provincial SteeringCommittee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control directed authorities to seriouslylaunch pandemic prevention and control measures.

On December 30, the People’s Committee ofBac Kan province also directed units concerned to promptly take four illegalChinese immigrants and one Vietnamese to quarantine.

They were found on a coach which was stopped by police on its way to Hanoi.
 
Another illegal immigrant was also quarantined in the Mekong Delta province ofTien Giang the same day./.

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