The blockades, which started from 0:00 on August 17, were imposed on Lane 10 on Tran Van Giap Street in the city’s Thanh Binh Ward and a section of a residential area with a radius of 250m from house No. 88 on Mac Thi Buoi Street in Nam Sach Town, Nam Sach District.
Medical isolation has also been applied on the residential areas no. 2, 3 and 4 in Tan Binh Ward, Hai Duong City, as well as the entirety of Truc Tri Village in Quoc Tuan Commune, Nam Sach District.
The order will last for 28 days as the newly-detected COVID-19 infections in the locality live in or have visited all the areas mentioned above.
Regarding the close contacts of a Hai Duong COVID-19 patient, known as Patient no. 950, who visited Van Don in Quang Ninh Province and Sa Pa in Lao Cai Province, the whole group of 44 people in Van Don and 9 others in Sa Pa have showed negative test results for the coronavirus, according to local authorities.
In Da Nang, the epicentre of the new COVID-19 wave in Vietnam, the city People's Committee Chairman Huynh Duc Tho on August 16 requested the Thanh Khe District authorities to strengthen measures to drastically stamp out the new outbreak in Tam Thuan Ward, with three new cases discovered on August 15, related to a funeral of a patient who had been treated at Da Nang Hospital.
On the same day, the An Khe Ward in Thanh Khe District imposed a medical blockade on Tan An market in relation to a COVID-19 patient who is a trader at the market.
Da Nang has imposed medical blockades on several of its residential areas to prevent COVID-19 outbreaks from spreading in the community. (Photo: NDO/Anh Dao)
The Da Nang People's Committee has sent a request to the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of Da Nang City to support local residents facing difficulties due to COVID-19. Accordingly, for disadvantaged people who are in the local medical lockdown areas, they will be provided with 5 kg of rice per person for the 14-day isolation, in addition to food and necessities worth VND40,000 each day. For disadvantaged people in the community, they will receive 15 kg of rice per person each month, along with food and necessities (if any). Based on the actual situation, the city will consider using its budget to buy food to support its local residents.
In Dak Lak Province, the chairperson of the Dak Lak Provincial People's Committee signed a document on August 16 to lift the medical lockdown on Buon Ma Thuot City from 0:00 on August 17, while also urging for maintaining drastic measures to fight against COVID-19.
The order lasted since August 2 after the Central Highlands province detected three COVID-19 infections. More than 10,000 people are under quarantine in Dak Lak to eliminate the risk of COVID-19 spread.
On August 16, a delegation from the Ministry of Health examined the epidemic prevention and control work at the General Hospital for the Northern Mountainous Area in Quang Nam Province. With the support from the Hanoi-based Bach Mai Hospital, the Quang Nam hospital has received, isolated and provided treatment for 95 patients, including those with serious underlying diseases, transferred from Da Nang Hospital.
The hospital has set up a separate isolation zone to treat these patients. With the help from the Bach Mai Hospital, the Quang Nam hospital has treated all patients well, including the seriously ill ones. To date, 70 patients have qualified for discharge.
