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The new patient is a 44 year-old man who lives in Lai Cach town, Cam Giang district, Hai Duong City.
On February 1, he was diagnosed with the SARS-CoV-2 virus after showing symptoms of a fever, cough, and a sore throat and was sampled for COVID-19 testing.
He is currently placed into isolation to receive treatment at Hai Duong General Hospital, with epidemiological information continuing to be investigated.
On February 1 Vietnam recorded 31 new COVID-19 infections, including one imported case.
Of the new community cases, 17 are from Hai Duong, five from Quang Ninh, four from Hanoi, two from Gia Lai, one from Bac Giang, and one from Binh Duong.
Most patients are linked to the fresh COVID-19 outbreak in Chi Linh city in northern Hai Duong province.
Meanwhile, the one imported case was quarantined upon arrival in Ho Chi Minh City.
The total locally-transmitted cases in the nation now register 914, including 271 detected since the resurgence of the virus on July 27.
Vietnam has registered a total of 271 community transmissions in 9 provinces since its latest outbreak began last on January 27. Hai Duong tops the list with 206 cases, followed by Quang Ninh (30), Hanoi (19), Gia Lai (6), Bac Ninh (3), Hoa Binh (2), Binh Duong (2) and HCM City and Hai Phong one, each.
Meanwhile, 1,460 cases have been given the all-clear. The death toll remains at 35.
Among those still under treatment, eight have tested negative for the novel coronavirus once, five twice, and two thrice.
A total of 27,714 people who had close contact with COVID-19 patients or arrived from pandemic-affected areas are under quarantine across the country.
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Hanoi orders closure of internet shops to control COVID-19
Authorities in Hanoi have ordered the temporary closure of online game and internet shops from February 2 early morning, as part of the efforts to contain the spread of COVID-19 pandemic in the city, according to Vice Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Chu Xuan Dung. Previously, municipal authorities ordered the closure of bars and karaoke clubs to avoid large crowds, and required restaurants to have partitions. Addressing a meeting of the municipal Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control on February 1, Deputy Director of the municipal Department of Health Hoang Duc Hanh said Hanoi had so far recorded 19 COVID-19 cases linked to the COVID-19 outbreaks in northern Hai Duong and Quang Ninh provinces. The zoning, tracing and quarantine for F1 cases were urgently implemented, Hanh noted. Affirming that this new wave of COVID-19 spreads quickly and can become more complicated, Hanh proposed to raise the prevention work by one level. He said that the COVID-19 contact tracing must be quickened, towards swiftly collecting samples and quarantining of those from pandemic-hit areas. Hanoi has so far identified about 15,000 people relating to the outbreaks in Hai Duong and Quang Ninh, of them 10,000 have been tested, he said. Vice Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Chu Xuan Dung asked relevant agencies to arrange concentrated quarantine for F1 cases, and focus on tracing F1, F2 and F3 cases. In a meeting with the municipal People’s Committee the same day, Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam urged Hanoi authorities to complete the collection of samples for those from pandemic-hit areas before January 4./.VNA |
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