Research and data: Edouard Mathieu, Hannah Ritchie, Lucas Rods-Guirao, Cameron Appel, Daniel Gavrilov, Charlie Giattino, Joe Hasell, Bobbie Macdonald, Saloni Dattani, Diana Beltekian, Esteban Ortiz-Ospina, and Max Roser. From December 2019, when an unknown virus was found in China, to the release of vaccines for Covid-19 - here are the points where momentum shifted . COVID-19 pandemic in Vietnam - Wikipedia All cases linked with POYUN or Van Don International Airport. They have all tested negative for the virus, the HCDC announced on 7 December. Most of the cases from the cluster that were sequenced have been confirmed to have the B.1.1.7 variant. More than 143,000 workers have returned to Ho Chi Minh City, ng Nai to work. A Covid-19 victim is laid to rest in a graveyard in Comas, Peru, on June 1. A few days later the reinforcement from the Command of Naval Region 5 of the Vietnam People's Navy has sent more ships to patrol key areas, using radar to detect any boats coming from Cambodia. The Border Guard Command has established 118 more posts, bringing the total number of border control posts to 1,798, which served by more than 11,300 soldiers. Over 3 hundred thousand workers in industrial parks and manufacturing areas were sampled. All had close contact with a 28-year-old man from H Nam Province (Patient #2899) who tested positive after finishing 14 days of mandatory quarantine. The son was believed to have contracted the virus from his father, who had earlier flown from Wuhan on 13 January, when they met in Nha Trang on 17 January. Everyone entering country must be isolated for at least 14-day at the government's quarantine facilities, only special diplomats identified as such by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs would be exempt. On 23 May, the Hanoi Center for Disease Control announced a case positive for COVID-19 who was a student at Vinschool Primary School. [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. [112], On 13 March three more cases (numbers 45 to 47) were announced, related to case No. [241] Two days later, the country confirmed another 5 cases in H Nam, 3 cases in Hanoi and 2 cases in Hng Yn, all related to patient #2899. She has worked as a receptionist and had direct contact with the Chinese father and son (cases #12). From 3 September 2020 to 15 May 2021, the country recorded no new COVID-19 related deaths. Both patients are treated at the National Hospital for Tropical Diseases in Hanoi. Under a close monitoring. [140] The ministry rolled out extensive countermeasures and immediately sent a group of doctors from Cho Ray Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City to Da Nang to assist with the case. His parents had sent him to patient 1347's home to look after him a few days previously. More than half of Vietnam's people are currently under lockdown. [277], In July 2021, Trn c Phu, an advisor to the Vietnam Public Health Emergency Operations Center, said that "the outbreak [in Ho Chi Minh City] remains complicated". 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. [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. This outbreak started in Hai Duong from a person who was found positive after entering Japan, and the true source of the infection is unknown. Timeline of UK government coronavirus lockdowns and restrictions [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. The group also has doctor Tran Thanh Linh - deputy director of emergency resuscitation department at Cho Ray hospital, who has been sent to support in many COVID-19 hotspots such as Da Nang, Gia Lai. When he arrived at Kansai International Airport, he was tested by PCR and on 5 October the result came back positive. [163], From 1 September, Vietnam started charging people coming from other countries for quarantine and reduced the 14-day centralized quarantine policy to maximum seven days for foreign experts, investors, managers, and diplomats entering the country for less than two weeks. However, when screening at several hospitals showed more cases, numerous more clusters were identified in the area. After an investigation, 5 people who had had close contact with the patient were identified; none of them wore face masks. Timeline of UK government coronavirus lockdowns and restrictions. All ten cases (#21-#30) were foreigners tracked from the same flight into Vietnam with case No. There are significant differences in the legislation and the reporting between the countries of the UK: England, Scotland, Northern Ireland, and Wales. [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. Covid-19 Pandemic Timeline Fast Facts | CNN ", "Ba ngi Vit Nam nhim vim phi V Hn", "Bnh nhn nhim virus corona u tin xut vin", "Vietnam declares novel coronavirus epidemic", "Qung Ninh ng ca cc im xut hng trn tuyn bin gii gip Trung Quc", "Ngi dn ln Mng Ci sang Trung Quc c yu cu quay v", "Dng ton b chuyn bay gia Vit Nam v Trung Quc t chiu nay", "T 3/2, tt c ngi nhp cnh t Trung Quc v Vit Nam c cch ly", "Thm mt ngi Vnh Phc dng tnh nCoV", "Ba bnh nhn vim phi corona xut vin", "B gi Vnh Phc 3 thng tui dng tnh nCoV", "Ngi dn sng cch ly vng dch Vnh Phc ra sao? During the three days from 22 to 25 May, the medical authorities has focused on large-scale testing in high-risk areas, so the number of COVID-19 cases increased very quickly. 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. [10], When the pandemic spreads across the globe, the coronavirus cases in the country also surged, and on the evening of 6 March, the Hanoi Department of Health confirmed the first case in the capital, a 26-year-old woman who had travelled to Europe. The program is implemented with 3 main activities, including: take samples for testing at home, providing medicine boxes and a number of health-promoting products, and at the same time supporting health counseling, provide food packages for infected people and their family members to stay at home, reducing the risk of spread. The study also found that a highly transmissible variant, along with a poorly ventilated atmosphere and the failure to wear a mask in the office made it easier for the virus to spread among these people. The number of deaths from 300 to 350 per day went down to more than 200. [296], Bnh Dng cluster: Since the fourth wave of COVID-19 broke out, the total of cases in this local is over 16,000 (11% of total cases in Vietnam), mainly in hostels, companies and industrial parks. Many hostels are located near to factories and businesses. The Ministry of Health determined that the possibility it was a positive case was very high. She was infected after contact with COVID patients from the K Hospital cluster. [106] Later that day, another British man was found infected with the virus (case #33), who was on the same flight with case No. Matt Hancock joked about travellers 'locked up' in hotels during Covid , however, the rate of people receiving two doses was just about 0.5%.[314][315]. [74] Noticeably, this case was the first domestic transmission in Vietnam, leading to an epidemic declaration signed by the Vietnamese Prime Minister and calls for border tightening, aviation permits revoked, and visa restriction. This cluster was identified by the leaders of the Center for Disease Control (CDC) in Hanoi as having reached the 2nd or 3rd infection cycle. The two alleys are old residential areas with a high population density and an unsanitary environment, which has resulted in a large number of cases despite quarantine efforts. The majority of cases are in the province are came from the UK strains. Timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic in Vietnam - Wikipedia [172], On 29 November, the Ministry of Health recorded a newly confirmed case of COVID-19 known as patient 1342, he was a 28-year-old male Vietnam Airlines flight attendant who returned to Vietnam from Japan on 14 November. Vietnam capital Hanoi to ease coronavirus curbs this week [227], On the evening of 25 March, a Chinese man living in Thuan An City, Binh Duong Province took the COVID test to go to Cambodia, tested positive for SARS-CoV-2. 5 was tested positive, making the number of cases in Vietnam 16. In January 2022, the country recorded more than 2 million cases and over 36,000 deaths, accounting for 1.7% of the total number of cases. This case is a 29-year-old tour guide in Hanoi, who had contact with patient number 24 during a trip to Ninh Binh. 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. [93] However, quarantine measures continue to be imposed until further notice. Five days after the initial three cases, the city recorded another 133 cases in 21 of the city's 22 districts. The first one was a 33-year-old Japanese businessman who had been working in Hai Phong since June. On 14 June, the disease had spread to hospitals, industrial parks, and residential neighborhoods, with approximately a thousand cases reported; the city therefore had to maintain social distancing for another two weeks. In Ch Ha, the death of a prisoner from COVID-19 has sparked a prison riot. Stage 2: Localized community transmission, Stage 3: Large-scale community transmission, This page was last edited on 26 January 2023, at 19:48. [262] Notably, the newly discovered cluster at Hosiden Vietnam Company (Quang Chu Industrial Park) has recorded a total of 660 cases (11% of its total employees). The Ministry of Defence ordered the military to bolster troop numbers along borders to prevent illegal entrants trying to enter the country through trails to avoid being quarantined, since a large number of Vietnamese working in neighboring countries are seeking to return home for Tt in many ways. This was the first new case after the city went four months without confirmed cases from community transmission. The hospital imposed lockdown all of its medical staff, workers, patients and their relatives at three facilities. [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. [84], On 7 February, Vietnam confirmed their 13th case, a 29-year-old worker, a member of the same training crew as the 5 previously confirmed cases (case #3,4,5,8,9). 17. Vietnam's Covid-19 hotspot Ho Chi Minh City has twice extended its lockdown, hitting manufacturers trying to export items such as clothing; An economist said the fourth wave is more devastating . 5 were also transmitted on 6 February. From 26 June to 5 July, as the epidemic spread, the city continued to increase its capacity to half a million samples per day in order to test 5 million people in its districts and in Th c city. The quarantine of Son Loi village was scheduled to last 14 days. Khng thng khng v: B trng Quc phng coi COVID-19 l k th hu hnh? [92], On 25 February, the 16th was released from the hospital after being tested negative from the COVID-19, temporarily made Vietnam cleared from COVID-19 outbreak. The second is from "patient 16052" in ng Ha town and the third is from "patient 15541" who used to be treated in H Ch Minh City. Another cause for the rapid spread of the disease in industrial zones, according to the leaders of Bc Giang province, is the Provincial Management Board of Industrial Parks and the Department of Health was too slow when detect and isolate infected workers at the beginning, especially at the outbreak in Vn Trung industrial park. 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. HCMC has set up 96 injection sites in all of its districts and over 300 mobile injection sites in industrial zones. The health sector is investigating why this variant appeared in the city. 5 during Lunar New Year holiday. On 28 November, sample was taken from the flight attendant for the third time and showed positive results for SARS-CoV-2. About a third of Vietnam's 100 million people are already subject to lockdown orders. [166], After the central government considered that the COVID-19 outbreak has been brought under control, on 7 September, Da Nang has decided to ease its social distancing restrictions, and all passenger transportation and business enterprises resumed normal operations. 7 dch COVID-19 ti Vit Nam ang nhng u? [59], In March 2022, Prime Minister Phm Minh Chnh declared COVID-19 to be "endemic" and considered ending daily reporting of new cases. [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. [128], A previously discharged patient in H Nam was pronounced dead on 4 May, later confirmed to have died from liver failure and not COVID-19. The source of infection of the first case has yet to be identified. Until 5 July, ng Thp had recorded many clusters of COVID-19, of which there were 110 cases at Sa c General Hospital, Garment Factory 6 has 14 cases, Agribank in Chu Thnh district has 49 cases. On 23 June, the patient showed signs of fever and fatigue. 1 Field Hospital at the Vietnam National University dorms. [80], On 34 February, Vietnam announced their eighth and ninth case: a 29-year-old female (#8) and a 30-year-old male (#9). However, the number of daily new COVID-19 cases in the city showed no sign of decreasing. [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. The number of cases began to increase rapidly after the couple selling milk tea in Th Du Mt City tested positive in mid-June. [110], On 12 March morning, Vietnamese Ministry of Health reported the 39th case of the country. According to a previous plan, Ho Chi Minh City would hold a fireworks display on 30 April at 5 places. Border forces have increased their number of troops and continuously patrolled to prevent illegal border entrants. More than 25,000 close contacts identified and tested. The first cases discovered in Ho Chi Minh City were two people from Wuhan (China), the disease then spread in 13 other localities. The father and other family members were quarantined at home. Vietnam had zero Covid-19 deaths It may seem like Vietnam got off easy, but that's not by chance. "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". The hotel where he and his family had stayed has been temporarily locked down while authorities also disinfected the nearby restaurant and car in which they traveled. Contribute to chinapedia/wikipedia.en development by creating an account on GitHub. When the virus was first identified in China in late 2019, lockdown seemed extreme. [263], Deputy Minister of Health Nguyn Trng Sn said just on 25 May, the number of COVID-19 cases recorded in Bc Giang was 375, three times higher than the previous record of the province's number of cases. That was from the test result of nearly 2,500 samples taken in quarantine areas in the province. Most of those cases related to patient #2899, who returned from Japan (also isolated at Nng before) but did not self quarantine at home. [158], On 7 August, an officer of the 377th Air Defence Division tested positive and the local health officials immediately quarantined 14 close contacts. [18] The drastic epidemic control measures had positive results and the country did not confirm any cases of local transmission from mid-April to the end of July. The epicenter was in Da Nang, the source of infection may be from Hospital C in the city. Initially, the lockdown was set for 15 days, but it was extended to 21 days in 28 out of 63 provinces. Kien Giang province has 12 districts and three cities that share a border with Cambodia, a total length of 56km, a coastline of more than 200km long with over 63,000 km2 of sea surface, thousands of fishing boats of the two countries operating every day. [292] Notably, when Ho Chi Minh City Hospital for Tropical Diseases tested RT-PCR for 887 employees on 13 June, it recorded 53 positive cases with COVID-19. On the Cambodia and Laos border, many provinces has implemented drastic measures to prevent and control epidemic such as: strengthening tight control at border gates, trails, open paths. [297] After 13 days of extensive testing for more than 1.2 million people, the results detected 12,284 people with COVID-19 (rate of positive tests is 1%). Many patients are infected with the Delta variant so their close contacts quickly become positive. But after half a month the number of cases still showed no signs of stopping, so on 15 February, entire province of Hi Dng was locked down for 15 days while Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City stopped all entertainment activities. Ho Chi Minh City, which ranked third in the country at the time, had over 1,500 cases. The patient is being treated at Tra Vinh Tuberculosis and Lung Disease Hospital with fever and sore throat. [111] Evening of the same day, five more cases were announced (#40-#44), all are related to patient number 34. The hospital took samples from more than 800 medical staff and patients. According to WHO, a total of more than 14 million people have been placed under quarantine since the beginning of the pandemic. 1.1.2 March 2020-2021: sporadic outbreaks and strict measures The lockdown order includes the Mekong Delta and Ho Chi Minh City metropolis, the country's financial and economic hub with over 35 million people nearly a third of Vietnam's population. Major cases were recorded at the Nidec Sankyo factory (238 cases),[290] Phm Ngc Thch Hospital, which was treating TB and HIV patients (25 cases), the Hc Mn wholesale market (58 cases), Bnh in market (56 cases) and Ch Ha Prison (81 cases). Epidemiological investigation showed during the 14-day quarantine period, he had tested negative for the virus once. Most of these are related to a single Hi Dng migrant worker, who was diagnosed with the UK coronavirus variant by Japanese authorities after arriving in Osaka on 17 January. Peru has more than doubled its official death toll from the Covid-19 pandemic following a government review of the. [173], On 30 November, the Ho Chi Minh City Center for Disease Control (HCDC) announced one case tested positive for COVID-19, a 63-year-old female in Hc Mn District (mother of patient 1342), without confirming the case. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources. [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. This person had gone to Hanoi and returned to Ho Chi Minh City on 29 April. More than 50 people who had been in contact with the suspected patient at the Da Nang C Hospital were quarantined immediately and the hospital was locked down the next day. The latter is often called a lockdown. Covid lockdown in Vietnam could keep coffee prices 'relatively - CNBC The province had set up 280 ICU beds and implemented a vaccination campaign for the entire Lam Thao district with 30,000 doses. Particularly at Shin Young, the first infected company in Vn Trung industrial park, the rate was 79%. [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. Long Weekend Becomes 9 Week Lockdown For AP Vietnam Reporter - NPR.org Therefore, according to the Department of Health, pathogens came from dormitories to companies and factories, then from workers spread to other dormitories, forming large outbreaks. In Hanoi, the authorities also requested suspension of unnecessary mass gathering events. [66][67] On 29 January, the 2nd COVID-19 patient had fully recovered and was discharged. Around 1.8 million of 98 million people, or 1.8 per cent of the country's population, have been fully vaccinated, one of the lowest rates in the region. During the Christian mission outbreak, the health sector increased testing capacity to a hundred thousand per day. 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Vietnam which shares a border with China reported only 1,465 Covid cases and 35 deaths last year, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University. V sao B Y t cng b ca t vong, ca nhim chm hn a phng? This is the ninth I've been stuck in Vung Tau, a seaside resort more than 1,500 kilometers (900 miles) from my home in Hanoi. Shanghai Lockdown Broadway Parodies; China Emergency () Search () Contact Me () Search for: WeChat Facebook LinkedIn Twitter YouTube. Many returned from various countries, including Britain, Malaysia, and France; which were at the time severely hit by COVID-19. They belonged to the same training team with the previous confirmed cases of three (cases #3-through-5). Vietnam puts southern region in lockdown as surge grows When total cases reached a few thousands per day, the Central government decided to lock down the entire Southern Region with 35 million people, along with the capital, Hanoi, to contain the spread. [291], In addition, the city also detected 48 COVID-19 patients through screening at 30 hospitals and clinics. According to the results of gene sequencing published by the Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology, the cluster recorded the appearance of the Indian variant B.1.617.2. For the first 16 cases of the disease, the medical staff had to treat different types of patients, including infants, the elderly and people with underlying conditions. She had been exhibiting several symptoms, but didn't cooperating with the authorities about her travel history or health conditions to avoid quarantine. The patient was discharged from Cho Ray Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City a few days later. At the same time, the province has completed the construction of the ICU sites with 158 beds. [299][300], Ph Yn cluster: Ph Yn is the central region province recorded the fastest infection rate, just from eight cases on the morning of 24 June, after 14 days the number of cases increased to 359, of which one person died. [116][117][118] Subsequently, a new-found case connected with the man were also discovered the following days. Most businesses like malls, food establishments for takeaways, financial and legal institutions, hospitality facilities, and offices may reopen. Key lockdowns and measure introduced during the Covid pandemic between March 2020 and December 2021. [45][46][47] One of the main reasons for this outbreak is a four-day holiday for Reunification Day and International Workers' Day, which saw many vacation destinations packed with travelers. 3 (25-yr-old female) was quarantined and cured in Thanh Ha Province, while the other two cases (#4: 29-yr-old male; #5: 23-yr-old female) were hospitalised in Hanoi. [137], On 22 July, a 57-year-old man went to Da Nang C Hospital coughing and feeling tired. ", the representative of Bc Giang province's health department said. [312] On the same day, Nng officially allowed the services industry to reopen, with restaurants and bars re-opening after nearly half a year of closure.
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