Hai Duong province puts five outbreaks under control
The northern province of Hai Duong - Vietnam's current largest COVID-19 hotspot - had basically managed to put under control five big outbreaks by February 18, said the provincial steering committee for COVID-19 prevention and control.
Secretary of the Chi Linh City Party Committee Hoang Quoc Thuong (left) checks a quarantine centre managed by the military forces. (Photo suckhoedoisong.vn)
Hanoi (VNA) - The northern province of Hai Duong - Vietnam's currentlargest COVID-19 hotspot - had basically managed to put under control fivebig outbreaks by February 18, said the provincial steering committee forCOVID-19 prevention and control.
The fiveoutbreaks are in Chi Linh and Hai Duong cities, Cam Giang and Nam Sachdistricts and Kinh Mon township.
The provincehas implemented strict lockdown measures since February 16 with 949control stations set up across the province to monitor entry and exit.
The provincehas as of February 18 recorded 558 COVID-19 patients in 75 out of 235 communesand wards in all of its 12 district-level localities since January 27.
It has morethan 13,900 F1 (close contact) cases, of whom more than 5,300 have completedtheir quarantine period, and more than 67,700 F2 cases, of whom more than46,800 have completed their quarantine period at home.
Followingthe direction of the Ministry of Health (MoH) and Hai Duong province, the ChiLinh Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control has moved all 1,625workers of Poyun Company to nine new quarantine centres.
The move wasmade after experts from the MoH reported environmental and air pollution at theold quarantine centres.
Chi Linh citypreviously discovered a big outbreak at the company and immediately locked downthe area. All of the company’s workers were asked to go to quarantine centresand 300 workers tested positive for COVID-19./.
Vietnam saw 18 new locally-transmitted COVID-19 cases from 6am to 6pm on February 17, all in Hai Duong - the country's current largest hotbed, raising the national count to 2,329, reported the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control.
Military Zone 3 assisted Cam Giang district, the northern province of Hai Duong – the country’s current COVID-19 largest hotspot, in spraying disinfectants in 12 areas on February 17 amid the complicated developments of the pandemic.
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Secretary of the Chi Linh City Party Committee Hoang Quoc Thuong (left) checks a quarantine centre managed by the military forces. (Photo suckhoedoisong.vn) 
