More areas in Ha Giang locked down due to COVID-19
The northern mountainous province of Ha Giang decided to lock down Ta Kha hamlet in Dong Van district’s Pho Bang township and Thanh Thuy commune’s health station in Vi Xuyen district from April 22 to prevent the spread of the COVID-19.
Police intensifies abidance of COVID-19 prevention and control measures of residents in Dong Van township (Source: VNA)
Ha Giang (VNA) – The northern mountainous province of Ha Giang decidedto lock down Ta Kha hamlet in Dong Van district’s Pho Bang township and ThanhThuy commune’s health station in Vi Xuyen district from April 22 to prevent thespread of the COVID-19.
The lockdown willlast until a new announcement.
Chairman of the Dong VanPeople’s Committee Hoang Van Thinh said that the quarantined area isthe entire Ta Kha hamlet, covering 336.5 hectares, with 97 households and 503members.
Meanwhile, Chairmanof the Vi Xuyen People’s Committee Do Anh Tuan stated that those quarantined at theThanh Thuy commune Health Station include six healh workers, two policemen, onemilitary medical worker, and people entering Vietnam through the Thanh ThuyInternational Border Gate. Two nearby households with four members have beenalso quarantined.
Since 9am of April22, the whole of Dong Van township in the district of the same name has beenalso locked down, as an urgent COVID-19 prevention and control measure.
Chairman of thedistrict People’s Committee Hoang Van Thinh said the lockdown will last until afurther notice from the Ministry of Health. The township, covering nearly27,500 ha, is home to 1,629 households with 7,623 people.
Ha Giang recordedits first COVID-19 infection case on April 16 - a H’Mong ethnic minority girlin Dong Van district’s Pho La commune.
The source of herinfection is yet to be determined. She has three brothers who all work acrossthe border in China but none have tested positive for the SARS-CoV-2 thatcauses the disease.
Health authoritieshave to date taken test samples from 358 people that had contact with thepatient. Of these, 302 samples were negative, with the remainder still waitingfor results./.
A teenage girl from the H’Mong ethnic minority group was confirmed positive for SARS-CoV-2 on April 16 morning, taking the total number of cases in Vietnam to 268, according to the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control.
The whole of Dong Van township in the district of the same name in the northern mountainous province of Ha Giang has been locked down since 9am on April 22, as an urgent COVID-19 prevention and control measure.
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Police intensifies abidance of COVID-19 prevention and control measures of residents in Dong Van township (Source: VNA) 
