[307], After recording a decrease in the number of COVID-19 cases and deaths, many localities have adjusted to loosen social distancing. , however, the rate of people receiving two doses was just about 0.5%.[314][315]. Our Pandemic YearA COVID-19 Timeline. Hanoi has escaped the brunt of a fierce wave of coronavirus infections in Vietnam since late April, recording less than 50 of the more than 17,000 COVID-19 deaths nationwide, and just 4,414. The hospital worked with the Oxford University Clinical Research Unit to monitor the clinical progress and SARS-CoV-2 viral load of these positive cases to assess the effectiveness of the vaccine. [167] On the same day, all 180 bars and discos in Ho Chi Minh City re-opened. The source of this case has not been identified so far. [56] The number of new cases began to fall to several thousand per day in mid-September, and restrictions were eased. On 4 January, after completed isolation, his samples were taken for a second test, and without waiting for results, this person was released from the facility. Through testing, 75 more positive cases were found, most of them were workers in the same factory with her. However, the authorities found one deceased Japanese who never came into contact with any COVID patients, tested positive. 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. According to a previous plan, Ho Chi Minh City would hold a fireworks display on 30 April at 5 places. [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. These people also attended a wedding on 30 April in Mo in commune and this wedding turned into a superspreading event (SSEV). H Ch Minh: Ly mu xt nghim ngu nhin trong cng ng ti Bn xe min ng", "Nng: 2 ph n nhp cnh tri php cng nhm bnh nhn 1440 v TP H Ch Minh", "C Mau cch ly mt ngi vt bin chung bnh nhn 1440", "Another illegal Vietnamese entrant infected with new coronavirus - VnExpress International", "Pht hin bin th mi ca SARS-CoV-2 ti Vit Nam", "Vit Nam dng n chuyn bay t quc gia c bin th nCoV", "Nam thanh nin dng tnh nCoV sau khi ht cch ly", "Nhm kt qu xt nghim khin 'bnh nhn 1498' ri khu cch ly", "Vietnam mandates 14-day quarantine for all foreign experts, flight crew", "Ngng cch ly ti nh, lun chun b cho tnh hung pht hin COVID-19 ti cng ng", "Hai ngi Hi Dng v Qung Ninh ly nhim nCoV cng ng", "C gi Hi Dng dng tnh Nht nhim bin chng nCoV Anh", "Thm 82 ca nhim COVID-19, Th tng yu cu khoanh vng, cch ly truy vt thn tc", "Hi Dng gin cch x hi t 12h tra nay", "B Y t yu cu ton b nhn vin y t c nc xt nghim Covid-19", "Ngi Nht t vong H Ni nhim bin chng nCoV mi", "Ngi Nht t vong H Ni c ghi nhn 'bnh nhn 2229', "Ghi nhn 53 ca nhim COVID-19 trong cng ng", "Sn bay Vn n m ca tr li t ngy 3/3", "Qung Ninh s phong ta ton b th x ng Triu t 0h ngy 3/2", "C bn khng ch dch COVID-19, Qung Ninh khng c ca bnh mi trong cng ng", "B th Hi Dng: 'Bc u kim sot c dch bnh', "Tnh hnh khng ch 5 dch COVID-19 ln ti Hi Dng", "Dch bnh phc tp hn Cm Ging; TP Hi Dng ngh ngi dn khng ra khi nh", "SARS-CoV-2 virus variant A.23.1 first detected in Vietnam", "Gn 400 ca nCoV, dch xut hin thm Tn Sn Nht", "H Ni bn pho hoa 1 im, tng thut trc tip phc v nhn dn | Tin tc mi nht 24h - c Bo Lao ng online - Laodong.vn", "Hanoi reopens indoor dining with Covid-19 restrictions", "Hi Dng starts to ease lockdown measures in places, enters 'new normal', "Vietnam plans 13 repatriation flights for next month", "Tng cng lc lng kim tra, tun tra phng, chng dch bnh vng bin gii", "Hanoi to roll out mass testing for Covid-19 amid fears of imported cases", "Hanoi tests 4,000 people at risk of contracting COVID-19", "H Ni bt u xt nghim sng lc ngu nhin COVID-19 trong cng ng", "Hanoi relic sites, tourist attractions reopen", "Mt tuyn ng Bnh Dng b phong to", "Thng bo khn: Tm ngi trn chuyn bay VJ458 t Ph Quc v H Ni ngy 22/3", "Hi Phng pht hin hai ca dng tnh trong cng ng", "Tng cng tun tra, kim sot trn tuyn bin gii ti Lo Cai", Kin Giang d tr tnh hung dch ly lan ra cng ng, Lp thm 185 t cht kim sot bin phng, ngn chn xut nhp cnh tri php, B Y t Vit Nam sn sng h tr B Y t Campuchia trong cng tc phng, chng dch COVID-19, Khn cp thit lp "l chn" chng dch COVID-19 ti ng bin, nhanh chng xy dng bnh vin d chin, B Y t yu cu lp bnh vin d chin ti Cn Th, TP H Ch Minh hy bn pho hoa mng l 30/4 - 1/5, Mt nhn vin khch sn Yn Bi, 4 ngi nhp cnh mc Covid-19, "Chng virus COVID-19 bin th n c mt ti Vit Nam Tui Tr Newspaper", B Y t chnh thc cng b 5 ca mc mi COVID-19 cng mt gia nh H Nam, Thm hai ngi H Nam, hai ngi H Ni ly nhim cng ng, Thm 3 ca dng tnh SARS-CoV-2, H Nam cch ly x hi mt x, "Xc nh bn ngun ly nhim Covid-19, Vit Nam phi thc hin nghim 5K", "Hi Dng ly mu xt nghim cho hn 39.000 ngi", 5 dch Covid-19 ln ang bng pht ti Vit Nam, " dch BV Bnh Nhit i Trung ng c tng cng 42 ca dng tnh SARS-CoV-2", Pht hin thm 14 ca nghi Covid-19 ti Bnh vin Bnh nhit i Trung ng, TP HCM vt Bc Ninh, s ca Covid-19 cao th hai c nc, "Bc Ninh thnh 'im nng' mi vi 46 ca, ch sau H Ni, c x 34 ca", "Dch COVID-19 ko di c thng do Bc Ninh cch ly, phong ta khng nghim", "Tn hiu lc quan t tm dch COVID-19 Bc Giang, Bc Ninh", Xut hin 5 dch siu ly nhim trong hn 10 ngy qua, National Cancer Hospital put under lockdown, more infections detected, "Bc Giang: D bo s F0 vn tng, s xut hin thm ca nhim ngoi cng ng do n giai on khi pht", "N lc dp dch trong khu cng nghip Bc Giang", "Bc Giang: dch cng ty Hosiden nguy him, nhiu cng nhn nhim bnh". One was a one-year-old boy in District 6. 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. After an investigation, 5 people who had had close contact with the patient were identified; none of them wore face masks. [72], On 1 February, a 25-year-old woman (#6) was declared coronavirus-positive in Khnh Ha Province. [110], On 12 March morning, Vietnamese Ministry of Health reported the 39th case of the country. The number has since jumped to nearly. [272] The first case was recorded on 3 May 2021 and the source of infection is unknown. Most businesses like malls, food establishments for takeaways, financial and legal institutions, hospitality facilities, and offices may reopen. [30] Initially, the government only quarantine the areas directly related to the infected people to limit the economic impact. 17. ", "Dch COVID-19: Bc Ninh v Bc Giang d kin quay li trng thi "bnh thng mi" t 10/7", Chiu 3/5, thm 10 ca mc COVID-19 trong cng ng ti H Nam, Vnh Phc, H Nam pht hin 4 ca dng tnh SARS-CoV-2 lin quan dch L Nhn, "Khu vc c dch COVID-19 cui cng H Nam c d b phong ta", 7 ca mc Covid-19 Nng lm cng thm m vin AMIDA. According to the director, the locality lacking human resources and medical equipment to meet the needs of tracing and taking samples for testing, and must seek support from other localities. [158], On 7 August, an officer of the 377th Air Defence Division tested positive and the local health officials immediately quarantined 14 close contacts. [274], On 26 May, a positive case linked to a Christian mission was discovered in G Vp District. [citation needed], The country entered second wave of infection when the Ministry of Health announced the 416th case in Da Nang, which was the first case with an unknown source of infection in 99 days. [218] On Lunar New Year's Eve 12 February, all provinces and cities stopped firing fireworks and New Year festivals to limit crowds (except for Hanoi still had one fireworks display spot at Thng Nht Park, instead of 30 as planned). This is one of the biggest aid from Vietnam to another countries in prevention against COVID-19. [157] The authorities began mass testing around the country for people coming from Da Nang in July. "Ho Chi Minh City has 1.6 million workers; if the disease is not well controlled, it will cause a health crisis," Minister Long emphasized. 5 was tested positive, making the number of cases in Vietnam 16. [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". After this period of time, if a person tests negative for the coronavirus, they can remain in Vietnam. Four waves of the COVID-19 pandemic of Vietnam. When he arrived at Kansai International Airport, he was tested by PCR and on 5 October the result came back positive. In the latest wave of COVID-19 since April, Vietnam has . The following is a timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom in 2023 . Wuhan, China, in December 2019, can be transmitted from human to human. From 3 September 2020 to 15 May 2021, the country recorded no new COVID-19 related deaths. Due to their characteristics, industrial parks cannot shift to online work while ventilation conditions in many workplaces is limited. The source of infection of the first case has yet to be identified. 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. [239] Results of genetic sequencing at the National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology in Hanoi showed that four cases of COVID-19 in the group of Indian experts were from the Delta variant. The HCDC had tested more than 151 thousand people linked to the outbreak. [133][134], On 6 July, a group of doctors who had been overseeing the treatment of Patient 91, a British pilot who was Vietnam's most critical COVID-19 case, announced that he has made substantial progress and his health condition allows him to travel. [222], As Cambodia entered the third wave of infection, Vietnam in March recorded a rapid increase in the number of imported cases in the border provinces. timeline by Michael Safi. [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. "TP H Ch Minh phong ta thm 6 khu vc, tm dng cc hot ng khng cn thit, dng taxi, gii tn ch t pht", Dch TP HCM ly 4 chu k, xm nhp nhiu cng ty, khu cng nghip, S ca Covid-19 lin quan hi truyn gio ln hn 200, lan 6 tnh thnh, Nh my Khu cng ngh cao tng thm 119 ca nghi nhim, "5 nhnh ly nhim lin quan nhm truyn gio c kim sot", "Thm 31 nhn vin Bnh vin Bnh Nhit i TP HCM nghi Covid-19", "An observational study of breakthrough SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant infections among vaccinated healthcare workers in Vietnam", "Mc Covid-19 sau tim vaccine: ti lng virus thp, hi phc nhanh", Qun 7 v huyn C Chi, TP H Ch Minh cng b kim sot c dch COVID-19, Ca nhim Covid-19 tng vt 5 tnh pha Nam. Most of those cases related to patient #2899, who returned from Japan (also isolated at Nng before) but did not self quarantine at home. Vietnam's PM told Hun Sen that Hanoi is always ready to assist Cambodia in preventing the pandemic. [125][126] On 22 April, People's Committee of ng Vn District decided to lockdown Dong Van town for six days after confirmed the first cases in the province on 16 April. [73] This case was discharged from the hospital on 4 February. Of which, 42 clusters have not been controlled, including: 20 in the province, 10 directly connected with the outbreak in Ho Chi Minh City and 12 with unknown sources of infection (detected through rapid testing in medical facilities). Data from the Chicago Department of Public Health reported by the Chicago Tribune shows that despite being about 30% of the total population, Black people account for 68% of the COVID-19 related deaths in Chicago and are dying of COVID-19 at a rate nearly six-times greater than that of White Chicagoans, who account about 33% of the population and 17 while in London, tested positive (case #32). [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. [109] Within the same day, 3 more case were discovered (#36-#38), all are related to patient number 34. [95], On 6 March night, Hanoi urgently announced a new case of coronavirus, the first one found in the capital of Vietnam. [153][154], More than 200 health workers from all over Vietnam are sent to the central coastal provinces to support the epidemic prevention. According to the WHO, to prepare for a worse situation, the country had built 30 more field hospitals with a scale of 1,500 ICU beds and 30,000 non-ICU beds. All three cluster related to Hi Dng and Qung Ninh. [184][185] On 29 December, two more people in that group tested positive. A Covid-19 victim is laid to rest in a graveyard in Comas, Peru, on June 1. 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. This is the 17th case in Vietnam. On 14 June, the hospital lifted quarantine after 37 days and resumed its medical activities. [194] In the noon of 28 January, the country reported 84 new cases in Hai Dng and Quang Ninh, being the highest number of new cases in a day. According to Bc Giang's COVID-19 situation report, the number of patients will certainly increase, because there are more than 50,000 high-risk samples have not been tested. The first cases, likely the source of the outbreak linked to the mission, showed symptoms on 13 May. 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. Nine people in close contact with this female student were quarantined. From the end of April 2021, Vietnam experienced "a fast-spreading outbreak" of more than 350,000 cases. Vietnam says all its infected patients cured", "No Italian immigration stamp found in 17th COVID-19 patient's passports", "H Ni c 1 ca dng tnh nCoV, l ca th 17 Vit Nam", "Cch ly hng trm ngi lin quan 'bnh nhn 17', "H Ni cch ly khu ph c ca nhim nCoV", "Nhiu gia nh mua tch tr lc na m", "Thm hai ngi dng tnh nCoV ti H Ni", "Bnh nhn th 31 nhim virus corona Vit Nam", "Thm 5 ngi Bnh Thun dng tnh nCoV", "Thm 4 ngi nhim nCoV ti H Ni, Qung Ninh, TP HCM", "Saigon mosque closed after followers' contact with Covid-19 patient", "Ninh Thun phong ta khu dn c Vn Lm 3", "Ninh Thuan man confirmed 67th COVID-19 patient", "Cch ly ti nh, bnh nhn th 100 mc Covid-19 vn i l 5 ln/ngy", "Thm 14 ngi mc Covid-19, c nc c 113 bnh nhn", "Chiu nay khng ghi nhn thm ca nhim nCoV", "Vit Nam lin tc khng c ca COVID-19 mi, nhng ngi dn khng nn ch quan", "Bnh nhn Covid-19 th 22 ti dng tnh li m tnh sau khi v Anh", "Phong to ton b Th trn ng Vn -H Giang phng chng dch COVID-19", "Ngi khi bnh Covid-19 qua i v x gan", "Bnh nhn H Nam cht v x gan, khng phi do Covid-19", "Vietnam Airlines Grows Domestic Network After Full Restoration Of Flights", "Chu u mong Vit Nam ni li chng quc t", "Japan charter flight leaves for Vietnam", "New York Times: 'Phi cng Anh l biu tng chng Covid-19 Vit Nam', "B gi 5 tui t Nga v dng tnh nCoV", "Ngi nghi nhim nCoV tng n ba c s y t", "Bnh nhn nghi nhim nCoV Nng tr nng", "Dng n chuyn bay quc t n Nng", "Xt nghim Covid-19 din rng ti Nng", "Ngi nghi nhim Nng c khng nh mc Covid-19", "Vietnam confirms first case of Covid-19 community transmission in 100 days", "Thm 21 ngi Trung Quc nhp cnh tri php", "Thm mt ngi Nng, mt ngi Qung Ngi nhim nCoV", "Thm 5 ngi Nng, 2 ngi Qung Nam nhim nCoV", "Bn ca nhim nCoV H Ni, k Lk, TP HCM", "26 ca nhp cnh, 11 ngi trong nc nhim nCoV", "Vietnam, Which Avoided Coronavirus for 99 Days, Records First COVID-19 Death", "Vietnam health ministry reports second COVID-19 death", "Hng qun H Ni dng vch ngn phng Covid-19", "Cuba tng Vit Nam thuc tng khng Covid-19", "Bnh nhn Covid-19 t vong trc khi khng nh dng tnh", "TP HCM sp xt nghim xong ngi v t Nng", "Trc k thi, Khnh Ha r sot gio vin l ngi thn ca bnh nhn 751", "H Ni, Hi Dng tm ngi n nh hng Th gii b ti", "TP.HCM lo ngi pht sinh dch COVID-19 t nhng ngi nhp cnh tri php", "Ngy u tin sau mt thng khng ghi nhn ca nhim nCoV", "Dch COVID-19: Chuyn gia vo Vit Nam ngn ngy khng phi cch ly tp trung 14 ngy", "Vietnam requires seven-day centralized quarantine for foreigners as it resumes flights", " xut m 6 ng bay thng mi quc t", "Angola returnee Vietnam's latest Covid-19 patient", "Hi Phng phong ta khch sn lin quan n ca nghi mc COVID-19 khi nhp cnh Nht Bn", "152 trng hp F1 Hi Phng lin quan ca nghi nhim Covid-19 u kt qu m tnh", "Kt qu xt nghim 343 ngi TP HCM tip xc chuyn gia Hn Quc nghi mc Covid-19", "BN1342 - nam tip vin Vietnam Airlines vi phm quy nh cch ly, ly COVID-19 cho ngi khc", "Xut hin ca nghi mc Covid-19, TP HCM khn trng khoanh vng dch", "192 ngi TP HCM tip xc gn 'bnh nhn 1347', "Hai ca nhim mi trong cng ng ti TP HCM", "Thm hai trng ng ca v gio vin tip xc bnh nhn Covid-19", "Hng lot trng Si Gn 'ng ca' chng Covid-19", "H Ni yu cu ngnh y t 'bo ng ' phng dch Covid-19", "Tt c ngi lin quan 4 bnh nhn Covid-19 u m tnh", "Khng coi TP HCM l dch m la ni ly nhim t bn ngoi", "TP. [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. Two days later, China puts Wuhan under strict lockdown. According to the reports of the Ministry of Health, Yn Bi and its related clusters are basically under controlled. [294][295], On 2 September, District 7 and C Chi District declared that the epidemic in here was under control. [115], On 16 March, a new case was reported in Vietnam, known as the 61st patient. [162], On 30 August, Vietnam recorded its first day without new cases since the beginning of the second outbreak. [151][152] On the same day, the first two deaths due to COVID-19 occurred in Vietnam: patient 428 and 437, two elderly 70 and 61 years old man respectively, who appeared to have contracted the virus in Da Nang. 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. 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 . 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. 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. More than half of Vietnam's people are currently under lockdown. Nguyn Th Mng Ngc, Director of the province's Department of Health, said the province has identified three main sources of infection. 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. Vietnamese authorities are still unable to explain why she has this variant since she has never had contact with people infected with COVID-19. [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. The number of cases began to increase rapidly after the couple selling milk tea in Th Du Mt City tested positive in mid-June. 5 were also transmitted on 6 February. The city also held the largest vaccination campaign. [69] A week after the first two cases, three positive cases were confirmed by the Ministry of Health, involving Vietnamese nationals who had returned from Wuhan. 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. According to ng Thp Department of Health, the first patient is female, living in Tn Khnh Trung commune, Lp V district. [138], The night of 23 July, the Da Nang Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Da Nang CDC) took samples from more than 100 people thought to have been in contact with the man during the previous days, including his family members, and all of them tested negative. As of Tuesday, the. linear. Epidemiological investigation showed during the 14-day quarantine period, he had tested negative for the virus once. [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. [242][243], In May 2021, many small outbreaks, most of which unrelated to each other, were discovered in many localities. From January 2021, foreigners will not be allowed to enter Vietnam to ensure safety for the major political event of the country, the 13th National Congress of the Communist Party. [301][302], T&T company and Times City cluster: In the fourth wave, there a total of 171 community cases have been reported from 20/30 districts in Hanoi. The second patient was a 31-year-old staff at the Van Don International Airport in Qung Ninh, this airport has served many repatriation flights amid the pandemic. At the end of June, the outbreak in Bc Ninh was brought under control, there are three main clusters include: K Hospital (National Cancer Hospital) cluster: The source of infection is from the NHTD cluster. In Ch Ha, the death of a prisoner from COVID-19 has sparked a prison riot. [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. [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. Bc Ninh city with 719 cases, mostly related to AAC company with additional cases detected among staff of a lockdown area in Khc Nim District. Border forces have increased their number of troops and continuously patrolled to prevent illegal border entrants. [286], Regarding the source of infection, 55% of patients are infected from religious activities, 25% at work, 15% from family, and 5% from their friends. Only confirmed 30 cases. 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. [257][258][259], Bc Giang cluster: Bc Giang was the second epicenter in the fourth wave with 5,600 confirmed cases,[260] the outbreak in here forced the authorities to quarantine four districts in the province and Bc Giang city. logarithmic. As a result, no one is permitted to leave the city, and only emergency services are permitted to operate. . The epicenter was in Hai Duong, this local outbreak accounting for nearly 80% of the total number of cases. After diagnosing him with pneumonia, the doctors took samples for testing for COVID-19, and got a positive result. [283] Among the cases are 40 members of the mission, who had gathered in a small alley in G Vp District several times. At the same time, the province has completed the construction of the ICU sites with 158 beds. [5][6][7] The first cluster also appeared in Son Loi Commune, Bnh Xuyn District, Vnh Phc after a few workers returned from a training trip in Wuhan and infected other people in closecontact with them. Hanoi and other provinces also recorded infections related to this cluster. [268][269][270] On 3 August, the provincial government removed the last quarantine zone in L Nhn District. The hospital imposed lockdown all of its medical staff, workers, patients and their relatives at three facilities. [174] On the same day, the HCDC confirmed one more case, an English teacher (friend of patient 1342) living in District 6. Targeted lockdowns in Vietnam between February and April, 2020 Mass Gathering, Travel, and Mobility Restrictions [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. Because 11 close contacts related to this couple were workers in factory in Tn Uyn town and Thun An city, so health official expanded testing in industrial zones and detected an average of 10 to 20 people tested positive in there for ten consecutive days. Clusters have been found in industrial parks in Bac Giang province and then in at least ten major hospitals in the country. Watch 1m 8s [182], On 9 December, following the instructions of the People's Committee of Ho Chi Minh City, the HCDC had conducted random COVID-19 testing at Mien Dong Coach Station to ensure that no infections are missed in the community. According to the director of the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Health, the origin of these infections may be due to the disease that has been silently spreading in the community before, from people who have been in contact with infected person or they had travelled through endemic areas but not declared health status. [9] Having known cases early is one of the main reasons why Vietnam was successful in fighting the virus. Passengers must provide COVID-19 negative certificate issued by the host country within three days before boarding. This man has passed the Moc Bai border gate and may contacted with some Cambodians. [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). Bc Ninh cluster: Directly related to NHTD cluster with 1,725 cases. Bc Giang Province's Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control assessed that the cause of this may from cases at Vn Trung Industrial Park. [16] From 1 April, Vietnam implemented a 15 days nationwide lockdown. Hanoi is the most affected locale with 1,609,473 confirmed cases and 1,221 deaths, followed by Ho Chi Minh City with 612,746 cases and 19,984 deaths; however, the Vietnamese Ministry . The Cambodian government has lockdown the capital Phnom Penh and many of its provinces from 15 April. Related to the illegal entrants from Laos. 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. Timeline of UK government coronavirus lockdowns and restrictions. But the country's cumulative cases. Ministry of Health of Vietnam (Chart from Vietnam Ministry of Health). [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). The number of COVID-19 cases connected with this outbreak was 238, including: 90 cases at the hospital and 148 people in community.[250][251][252]. After nine days, the disease in here had spread to seven districts in Nng. Full genome sequencing of the case revealed variant VOC 202012/01 that was reported from the UK, it was also discovered that this strain also had the D614G mutation, which is believed to spread rapidly in Da Nang 45 months ago. News of the worsening coronavirus crisis hit Vietnam shares on Friday, with its benchmark index closing down 3.3 per cent. This article documents the chronology and epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes the coronavirus disease 2019 ( COVID-19) and is responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic, in March 2023. [81][82], Later on 4 February, the 10th case was identified. The hospital took samples from more than 800 medical staff and patients. The epicenter in the fourth wave, first case was detected in a Christian mission, then from mission members spread throughout the city and southern provinces of Vietnam.