[159], On 14 August, the Vietnamese government decided to isolate Hi Dng city for 15 days after four residents tested positive, none of whom had travel history to Da Nang. [253] On 5 May, right after receiving information from the National Hospital of Tropical Diseases that there were two COVID-19 positive cases, Bac Ninh province urgently searched for close contacts and issued a notice in the province to find people who have been to the NHTD. With this large number of samples, Vietnam's Minister of Health Nguyn Thanh Long has directed the medical staff to switch from pooled testing using RT-PCR to rapid testing to stamp out the epidemic faster. [94], On 3 March, after 20 days without new case of coronavirus, Son Loi village was approved to remove quarantine. wikipedia.en/Timeline_of_the_COVID-19_pandemic_in_Vietnam.md at main [108], On 11 March, Vietnam confirmed their 35th case of COVID-19, a 29-year-old woman who works in an electronics supermarket in Da Nang, and had physical contact with two infected British tourists. "From asymptomatic to severe: Delta variant wreaks havoc in mere hours - VnExpress International", "Th im iu tr F0 ti nh TP HCM t ngy 16/8". Many hostels are located near to factories and businesses. Peru has more than doubled its official death toll from the Covid-19 pandemic following a government review of the. March 20202021: sporadic outbreaks and strict measures, May 2021present: Severe outbreak and 'endemic' stage, Five main sources of infection in fourth wave in Vietnam, Clusters with unknown source of infection, Ngy 1/11: C 449 ca COVID-19 mi, 1 bnh nhn Qung Ninh t vong, Delta variant threatens to overload Vietnam's healthcare system: experts, "Hai ngi vim phi V Hn cch ly ti Bnh vin Ch Ry", "Importation and Human-to-Human Transmission of a Novel Coronavirus in Vietnam", "Hai ca dng tnh nCoV ang iu tr ti BV Ch Ry", "Ti sao mt bnh nhn Vnh Phc ly virus corona 6 ngi? [224] According to the city's health department, the tests will be conducted first in residential areas in Nam Tu Liem district and An Khanh Industrial Zone in Hoai Duc district on 11 March and 12 March. [31][32] This is one of the most serious outbreak due to slow tracing process, mismanagement in quarantine facilities and people starting to ignore lockdown rules after long period of restrictions. [62], On 14 January, two Chinese tourists with fever symptoms from Wuhan were quarantined by the authorities and placed under observation after they landed at Da Nang International Airport. The number of cases began to increase rapidly after the couple selling milk tea in Th Du Mt City tested positive in mid-June. Timeline of UK government coronavirus lockdowns and restrictions. [164][165] The Civil Aviation Administration of Vietnam (CAAV) have prepared detailed plans for resuming commercial flights to six Asian destinations such as Seoul, Guangzhou, Tokyo and Taipei from 15 September with around 5,000 foreign passengers scheduled to arrive in Vietnam per week. [264][265], Quang Chu and Vn Trung industrial zones are located very close to each other, next to the arterial road is the Hanoi - Bc Giang expressway and two frontage roads running parallel to the highway. Stage 2: Localized community transmission, Stage 3: Large-scale community transmission, This page was last edited on 26 January 2023, at 19:48. 17 while in London, tested positive (case #32). City health officials quarantined 343 close contacts and tested them; all the tests were negative. Many returned from various countries, including Britain, Malaysia, and France; which were at the time severely hit by COVID-19. [169] However two cases who had just left the country were detected by the Japanese authorities. [8] The Vietnamese government immediately locked down Bnh Xuyn District until 4 March 2020 to prevent the disease from spreading all over the country, the first large-scale lockdown outside China. [141] On 25 July, the Ministry of Health confirmed the case in Da Nang, ending 99 continuous days of Vietnam not confirming any local transmission cases. Given the stabilizing situation in the province, the outbreak control special unit has been dissolved and supported medical workforces have gradually decreased since the second week of June. Vietnam: Coronavirus Pandemic Country Profile. Both patients are treated at the National Hospital for Tropical Diseases in Hanoi. [225][226] People in other districts will be tested from 15 to 19 March. This raises concerns about an outbreak from people who entered illegally into the city area. [284][285] After just six days, 20 out of 22 districts and Ho Chi Minh City's key industrial parks had COVID-19 cases. [9] Having known cases early is one of the main reasons why Vietnam was successful in fighting the virus. Mr Hancock and top civil servant Simon Case joked about travellers 'locked up' in quarantine hotels during Covid lockdown The health secretary said the Government should 'get heavy with the police . As a result, the number of deaths fell to less than 20 cases each day, especially in Ho Chi Minh City.[316]. "V sao bnh nhn Covid-19 Bc Giang tng nhanh? [223], From 11 March 2020, Hanoi will conduct mass community testing to detect COVID-19 cases in the community early, particularly in high-risk areas like restaurants, coach stations, factories or areas where many foreigners reside. [95], On 6 March night, Hanoi urgently announced a new case of coronavirus, the first one found in the capital of Vietnam. The epicenter was in Da Nang, the source of infection may be from Hospital C in the city. The authorities also conducted disinfection procedures at the places the patient lives and had visited. The first wave of the COVID-19 started in Vietnam (lasts for 85 days, from January 23 to April 16, 2020, included 100 community cases) with the original virus strain from Wuhan (China), and no deaths were reported. He did not make a prediction about the epidemic in Ho Chi Minh City because of "many variables" and "the situation depends a lot on the implementation of epidemic prevention measures". [184][185] On 29 December, two more people in that group tested positive. All the 305 passengers from this flight were quarantined upon the arrival in Tra Vinh (147 people), Vinh Long (137 people), Can Tho (17 people) and Ho Chi Minh City (4 people). [186], On 2 January, Vietnam reported a detection of the UK variant of SARS-CoV-2 in a 45-year-old female, a resident of Tra Vinh province who returned from the United Kingdom on 22 December on flight VN50. These people had previously received two doses of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine. During the last 2021 Lunar New Year holiday, Ho Chi Minh City also planned to hold a fireworks display at 8 places but was forced to cancel it in the end because of a COVID-19 outbreak. These are the first two localities of Ho Chi Minh City successfully brought F0 out of the community, limited the number of new cases and have a high rate of COVID-19 vaccine coverage in the community. [111] Evening of the same day, five more cases were announced (#40-#44), all are related to patient number 34. This is a dangerous cluster because the patients have been infected for a long time, have moved to many places and came into contact with many people. [33][34] On 7 March 2021, the situation in northern provinces appears to have been largely brought under control when number of new cases fell to single digits. Our Pandemic YearA COVID-19 Timeline > News > Yale Medicine In Ch Ha, the death of a prisoner from COVID-19 has sparked a prison riot. On 28 December, four apartment blocks in District 5, Ho Chi Minh City were locked down after a man in the area tested positive. 5 was tested positive, making the number of cases in Vietnam 16. (This includes the Reuters. [123][124] However, there were reports of cases who tested positive again after being discharged. Upon arrival in country, the flight crew members were quarantined in a quarantine facility of Vietnam Airlines in Ho Chi Minh City. More than 143,000 workers have returned to Ho Chi Minh City, ng Nai to work. Vietnam to ease nationwide coronavirus lockdown | Reuters 1 Field Hospital at the Vietnam National University dorms. [294][295], On 2 September, District 7 and C Chi District declared that the epidemic in here was under control. The city continued to conduct random testing in community. [37][38] As the epidemic has spread to many provinces in Vietnam, many outbreaks are occurring in many localities at the same time, making it "nearly impossible" to trace and cut the chain of infection. [56] The number of new cases began to fall to several thousand per day in mid-September, and restrictions were eased. Many patients are infected with the Delta variant so their close contacts quickly become positive. In the past week, Vietnam's average new cases dropped by a third compared to earlier in the month when 14,000 were being recorded daily, the health ministry said. Most of the cases from the cluster that were sequenced have been confirmed to have the B.1.1.7 variant. [48][49][50][51] In addition, gene sequencing results show that the SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant is the dominant variant in this wave, especially among cases in central and southern localities of Vietnam. Expect for the four localities including: Hi Dng City, Kinh Mn town, Cm Ging and Kim Thnh District still have to follow social-distancing order until 17 March. Vietnam puts southern region in lockdown as surge grows . On the afternoon of 30 November after receiving the information, Minister of Health Nguyn Thanh Long convened an emergency meeting with the Ho Chi Minh Department of Health to implement full pandemic prevention measures across the city. Watch 1m 8s [41][42] On 28 July, the National Assembly gave the central government in Hanoi mandate to implement emergency measures for curbing the pandemic locally. [66], On 29 January, the Ministry of Health established 40 mobile emergency response teams, on stand-by to assist affected locations, for quarantining, disinfecting, and transporting patients or suspected patients. This patient had previously been in Daegu for several days in February and, prior to testing positive, had already been quarantined along with all passengers on the same flight from South Korea since he re-entered Vietnam. [12] In March and April 2020, the number of cases increased rapidly due to the large number of people coming from European countries and the appearance of clusters such as Bch Mai Hospital, Ha Loi Commune in Hanoi and Buddha Bar in Ho Chi Minh City. [268][269][270] On 3 August, the provincial government removed the last quarantine zone in L Nhn District. Of Vietnam's nearly 16,000 COVID-19 fatalities . The next day, the director of the hospital ordered COVID testing for all employees, workers, patients and family members at its two facilities. The following is a timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic in Vietnam. [144], On 26 July, Da Nang confirmed three more cases in community. However, the authorities found one deceased Japanese who never came into contact with any COVID patients, tested positive. Coronavirus: The world in lockdown in maps and charts - BBC News Timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic in Vietnam - Wikipedia The hospital took samples from more than 800 medical staff and patients. [57] Vietnam recorded its first case of the Omicron variant in December, leading to a significant new wave of infections going into the first months of 2022, with the highest 7-day average of 206,402 cases recorded on 13 March. The source of infection is from Indian and Chinese experts, and then spread to Vinh Phuc and some other provinces. [90] 10,600 villagers were divided into groups of 5060 households each, each group assigned to a supervision team responsible for daily household visits and health-checks. [101] Just 2 hours later, the Vietnamese Ministry of Health confirmed 2 more cases (#19-#20) in Hanoi, both related to the 17th case. This is the largest bus station in Ho Chi Minh City in terms of the number of passengers transported each year and in terms of daily bus traffic. No cases reported for nearly two weeks. On 30 November, after patient 1347 tested positive, the HCDC put him and the mother in quarantine at the City Children's Hospital. As a result, the Ministry of Health identified Kien Giang as a high-risk locality, especially the border area in Ha Tien town. The city injected 836 thousand doses of vaccine transferred by the Ministry of Health in just five days (1924 June). [142][143], After the case was confirmed, Prime Minister Nguyn Xun Phc ordered the Ministry of Public Security to investigate and deal with a crime ring that illegally trafficked foreigners into Da Nang and Quang Nam. Vietnam entered a nationwide lockdown on April 1. The first one was a 33-year-old Japanese businessman who had been working in Hai Phong since June. In the afternoon of 24 July, the man suspected of being infected with COVID-19 was suffering from acute and severe pneumonia and had to be supported by ECMO. As of 21 August, the infection chain related to Th Quang fishing port and at the quarantine areas in Sn Tr recorded 1,124 cases while Ha Cng market chain is at "very high risk" with 699 patients. The data on the coronavirus pandemic is updated daily. [119] On 22 March, another case also related to the Islamic activities is a fellow Muslim who returned from Malaysia also attended in the same Sri Petaling mosque, before went back to Vietnam and still did Islamic praying five times a day in Jamiul Anwar mosque, despite being asked to quarantine at home. [113][114], On 14 March 6 cases were announced (numbers 48 to 53). From the initial 10 cases, as of 24 May, nearly 60 more cases have been recorded in the hospital. The epidemic has spread to 20/25 provinces and cities of this country. [161] Out of 152 cases of illegal entry discovered in Ho Chi Minh City since May, Chinese people account for 72%, Cambodians 11%, and the rest were Vietnamese and Korean, the Center for Disease Control in Ho Chi Minh City (HCDC) said. Initially, the lockdown was set for 15 days, but it was extended to 21 days in 28 out of 63 provinces. 17. New daily cases have surpassed 10,000 and deaths are being reported in hundreds. Meanwhile, on the other side of the globe, the U.S. sees its first case of the disease . Compared to the peak of the epidemic in AugustSeptember 2021 period, the number of severe cases decreased by two-thirds. COVID-19 Timeline; COVID-19 stats; COVID-19, a year and half later. [261], On 8 May, the province confirmed a case was a female worker at Sin Young Vietnam factory located in Vn Trung Industrial Park, Vit Yn district - the province's largest industrial park where hundreds of thousands of workers come to work every day. Thun Thnh District was the first cluster in the province with 591 cases, the outbreak in here have been contained. [307], After recording a decrease in the number of COVID-19 cases and deaths, many localities have adjusted to loosen social distancing. COVID: How the delta variant has shattered Vietnam's success All three cluster related to Hi Dng and Qung Ninh. [122], From 17 to 23 April, no new cases were confirmed. 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At Hosiden Company, the rate was 55%. Vietnam expands lockdown measures in northern provinces as daily Covid Timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2023 - Wikipedia Directive 10 mandates that non-essential business services, spontaneous marketplaces, and public passenger transportation must be halted and no more than three individuals may gather in public spaces with the minimum distance of 1.5 meters. On the evening of 1 September, they began to evacuate people from the area. HANOI, July 23 (Reuters) - Vietnam will extend a lockdown in Ho Chi Minh City until Aug. 1 and impose stricter restrictions in the capital Hanoi from Saturday, as the Southeast Asian country. Although the first case was detected in the Park 11 building, through preliminary assessment from public health units, it is possible that the outbreak originated from the T&T company, not from the family living in Park 11.[303][304]. 09 DEC 2022. [191][192], On 28 January, Vietnam Ministry of Health confirmed two community cases of COVID-19 in Hi Dng and Qung Ninh. [107] Before the end of the day, the 34th case was identified, a 51-year-old businesswoman who had visited the United States, with a brief transit in Korea and Qatar during the trip.