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Tay Ninh reports no COVID-19 cases: health official

The southwestern province of Tay Ninh had reported neither SARS-CoV-2 infections nor suspected cases as of 13:00 on March 22, said Deputy Director of the provincial Department of Health Nguyen Van Cuong.
Tay Ninh reports no COVID-19 cases: health official ảnh 1Border guard officers in Tay Ninh check temperature of people before entering the province (Photo: VNA)

Tay Ninh (VNA) – The southwesternprovince of Tay Ninh had reported neither SARS-CoV-2 infections nor suspectedcases as of 13:00 on March 22, said Deputy Director of the provincialDepartment of Health Nguyen Van Cuong.

Cuong confirmed the information during apress conference of the provincial steering committee for COVID-19 preventionand control.

Since the COVID-19 epidemic broke out, TayNinh had sent 31 samples to Pasteur Institute in Ho Chi Minh City for testing,with 25 turning out negative and the rest awaiting results, he added.

Quarantine areas at border gates and borderdistricts of the province have to date accommodated 1,702 Vietnamese-Cambodianswho returned to Vietnam in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, he said.

The Tay Ninh People’s Committee hasapproved the establishment of concentrated quarantine areas at Moc Baiinternational border gate and in all of the province’s districts and city./.
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