The second one was a 28-year-old female student of patient 1347 at an English language center. This is the main reason why patient 1498 are allowed to end the quarantine period before the second test results are available. [183], On 26 December, a 32 years-old man known as patient 1440, live in Vinh Long Province has tested positive for the COVID-19 after illegally entering Vietnam. [276] According to the city's Department of Health, they had enough oxygen supply for 50,000 cases scenario. [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. Most businesses like malls, food establishments for takeaways, financial and legal institutions, hospitality facilities, and offices may reopen. [64] Vietnam Ministry of Health issued two hotline numbers for information on the coronavirus disease, and advised citizens to contact the nearest healthcare center if they had its symptoms. 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. 17 while in London, tested positive (case #32). 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. The province's health sector has no experience in epidemic prevention while the number of cases in the community is in large numbers. "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". After managing to contain COVID-19 for much of last year, Vietnam has recorded 348,000 infections and 8,277 fatalities, with the majority recorded since late April. Mostly related to POYUN cluster. [198], The Health Ministry on 29 January ordered all medical facilities across the country to urgently testing for all healthcare workers amid the resurgence of COVID-19. [273], In August, Nng discovered two large clusters are Ha Cng market and Th Quang fishing port. 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 . However, the number of daily new COVID-19 cases in the city showed no sign of decreasing. [283] Among the cases are 40 members of the mission, who had gathered in a small alley in G Vp District several times. "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. [204][205], By 25 March 2021, Vietnam had 25 COVID-19 clusters related to the outbreaks, these are most notable five:[206][207], Since the third wave began, Vietnam recorded 910 cases in community in 13 cities and provinces. 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. All three cluster related to Hi Dng and Qung Ninh. [56] The number of new cases began to fall to several thousand per day in mid-September, and restrictions were eased. [9] Having known cases early is one of the main reasons why Vietnam was successful in fighting the virus. The 23-year-old man had stayed with patient 1440 in Myanmar before they crossed the Vietnamese border with other seven people. [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. However, the authorities found one deceased Japanese who never came into contact with any COVID patients, tested positive. The next day, she was sampled and tested positive for SARS-CoV-2. News of the worsening coronavirus crisis hit Vietnam shares on Friday, with its benchmark index closing down 3.3 per cent. [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. The first one was a 33-year-old Japanese businessman who had been working in Hai Phong since June. [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. [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. [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. 34, case No. This is the 17th case in Vietnam. [282], Christian mission cluster: The cluster at Revival Ekklesia Mission had more than 520 cases in H Ch Minh City and six other provinces. On 23 May, the Hanoi Center for Disease Control announced a case positive for COVID-19 who was a student at Vinschool Primary School. [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. It's possible that the outbreak in Lam Thao started at the district health center. Due to their characteristics, industrial parks cannot shift to online work while ventilation conditions in many workplaces is limited. A man living in an area under lockdown receives food through a barricade during the COVID-19 pandemic in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam July 20, 2021 [File: Reuters] By Govi Snell Published On 7 Sep . The hospital took samples from more than 800 medical staff and patients. The first cases, likely the source of the outbreak linked to the mission, showed symptoms on 13 May. Authorities are investigating whether this case related to the previously discovered patient in Da Nang one day earlier. [168], As of 28 October, Vietnam has not found any new cases of community transmission. Under a close monitoring. The latter is often called a lockdown. [1] [284][285] After just six days, 20 out of 22 districts and Ho Chi Minh City's key industrial parks had COVID-19 cases. [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. Wuhan, China, in December 2019, can be transmitted from human to human. So he signed an end of quarantine term with two negatives for all 89 people, instead of 84 people. HCMC has set up 96 injection sites in all of its districts and over 300 mobile injection sites in industrial zones. The city injected 836 thousand doses of vaccine transferred by the Ministry of Health in just five days (1924 June). [103] Later this day, 9 more cases was announced, with 4 cases in Qung Ninh, 2 cases in Lo Cai, 2 cases in Nng and 1 case in Tha Thin Hu. Meanwhile, the city reopened relic sites and tourist attractions on 8 March; and pedestrian streets around Hoan Kiem Lake on 12 March. As the delta variant of COVID-19 has surged through Vietnam over the past two months, the country's central provinces have endured the strictest lockdown measures to date. At sea there is also a patrol force consisting of nine ships and two boats of the Border Guard, Fisheries Surveillance, and Coast Guard. [110], On 12 March morning, Vietnamese Ministry of Health reported the 39th case of the country. 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. This is the second time Ho Chi Minh City cancelled the fireworks to ensure safety from COVID-19. 09 DEC 2022. From the initial 10 cases, as of 24 May, nearly 60 more cases have been recorded in the hospital. After tracing, infected cases were found scattered in all communes and towns. 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. [22] Hundreds of cases across the country with epidemiological factors related to Da Nang were furthermore detected,[23] and the first death was also recorded on 31 July. Medical personnel have concentrated on protecting COVID-19 patients with underlying disorders, prescribing antiretroviral medications to them even when they are showing no symptoms. linear. [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. [169] However two cases who had just left the country were detected by the Japanese authorities. [188], On the same day, a 22-year-old man, known as patient 1498 left the quarantine facility before receiving positive result. [135][136], By the end of July, Vietnam had gone more than three months without new COVID-19 cases from local transmission. [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. [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. [66][67] On 29 January, the 2nd COVID-19 patient had fully recovered and was discharged. [235], During an inspection of the epidemic prevention in Can Tho city on 26 April, the Ministry of Health requested the establishment of a regional field hospitals located in Can Tho to prepare all scenarios and resources to isolate and treat people entering the region from countries where the number of people with COVID-19 has been increasing. At the beginning of the outbreak, most of the cases were linked with hospitals cluster and related to Nng (47 cases), but in late May the authorities discovered a cluster with unknown source of infection at T&T company and Park 11 Times City apartment complex. Both patients are treated at the National Hospital for Tropical Diseases in Hanoi. [238], On 27 April, Vietnam confirmed one case in from community transmission. [98][99] The incident also sparked a wave of stockpiling purchases across the city. The patient was discharged from Cho Ray Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City a few days later. The source of infection is from Indian and Chinese experts, and then spread to Vinh Phuc and some other provinces. He was driven to a border gate in southern Vietnam two days ago then to Ho Chi Minh City, then got on a different bus to Vinh Long. [85], Earlier of the same day, Vietnam declared to have successfully cultured and isolated the virus in the lab, one of the early countries to do this, along with Singapore, Australia, Japan and China. In addition, many workers share means of transport and live together in crowded hostels, which are the main factors allowing the disease to spread more easily. [308][309][310], On 11 October, the Ministry of Health changed the criteria for assessing the level of epidemic, replacing the directives that were used before. At Hosiden Company, the rate was 55%. Vietnam's PM told Hun Sen that Hanoi is always ready to assist Cambodia in preventing the pandemic. [96][97] Within the night, the government proceeded to track and isolate roughly 200 people who either had close contact, lived on the same street, or had been on the same flight VN0054 from London as patient No. 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. [156], On 6 August, Vietnam confirmed its tenth death, the first to be diagnosed as having COVID-19 after death. 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. [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. [287], Other major clusters in the city: On 2 July, the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Health confirmed the city had recorded many major infection chains, involving companies, shops, hospitals and markets. [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. This man has passed the Moc Bai border gate and may contacted with some Cambodians. Thanh Xuan District has moved nearly 1,200 people to isolation facilities in Hoa Lac. 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. Vietnam's strict lockdown to curb its fourth wave of Covid-19 infections has left many unable to work, go out to get food, or even get oxygen Individuals and up to 90 community groups and. 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. Vietnamese authorities are still unable to explain why she has this variant since she has never had contact with people infected with COVID-19. 17 was infected to seek healthcare in her home country. [68] His father, who was the 1st COVID-19 patient in Vietnam, was discharged on 12 February. Watch 1m 8s Over 3 hundred thousand workers in industrial parks and manufacturing areas were sampled. From the end of April 2021, Vietnam experienced "a fast-spreading outbreak" of more than 350,000 cases. A man living in an area under lockdown receives food through a barricade during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam July 20, 2021. 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. 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. [16] From 1 April, Vietnam implemented a 15 days nationwide lockdown. Compared to the peak of the epidemic in AugustSeptember 2021 period, the number of severe cases decreased by two-thirds. 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. 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. 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. The Ministry of Health also provides detailed guidance documents for F0s, teaching them to self-care, monitor their health and contact medical facilities in case of severe symptoms. [200], On 15 February, Hanoi CDC recorded one case was a deceased 53-year-old Japanese expert, his body was found inside Somerset West Point hotel room. The first two confirmed cases in Vietnam, a Chinese man, born in 1954 and his son, were admitted to Cho Ray Hospital, Ho Chi Minh City, on 22 January 2020. [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. [63], On 23 January, Vietnam confirmed the first two cases of COVID-19. On the morning of 7 May, 10 people at K Hospital, Tn Triu Branch (Thanh Tr District, Hanoi) had positive results for SARS-CoV-2 including four patients and six patients relatives. The following is a timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom in 2023 . BY KATHY KATELLA March 9, 2021. 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. In the latest wave of COVID-19 since April, Vietnam has . New daily cases have surpassed 10,000 and deaths are being reported in hundreds. [65] Vietnamese doctors documented and reported the two cases to medical journal The New England Journal of Medicine, at that time this was the first concrete evidence to the scientific community about human-to-human transmission of the disease outside China. [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. This case is a 29-year-old tour guide in Hanoi, who had contact with patient number 24 during a trip to Ninh Binh. [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. [60] An article in Bloomberg noted that Vietnam has a high level of vaccination and has seen a dramatic drop in COVID-19 related deaths. [153][154], More than 200 health workers from all over Vietnam are sent to the central coastal provinces to support the epidemic prevention. [297], in Bin cluster: On 14 May, Nm P district, in Bin province recorded the first COVID-19 case, was a female employee working in a boarding school for ethnic minorities. Throughout the pandemic, Bnh Dng detected 46 clusters, mostly from the infection chain in Ho Chi Minh City with the Delta variant. Vietnam deploys troops to enforce COVID lockdown in largest city | Reuters Every weekday. 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. [90] 10,600 villagers were divided into groups of 5060 households each, each group assigned to a supervision team responsible for daily household visits and health-checks. The 4th Coast Guard Region Command, has also sent 32 boats to the region. During the end of June, on average around 194 cases were reported per day and mostly among the Quang Chu and Vn Trung Industrial Park workers who are in lockdown areas or have been in quarantine. The number of deaths from 300 to 350 per day went down to more than 200. His parents had sent him to patient 1347's home to look after him a few days previously. Few days later, six people in this group tested positive for COVID-19. [144], On 26 July, Da Nang confirmed three more cases in community. [234], From 20 February to 22 April, about 1,300 people entered through Ha Tien border gate, including 31 cases of illegal entry. At the meeting, it was announced that the newly discovered positive case was directly related to patient 1342 announced on 29 November. [203], Initially, the government only quarantine the areas directly related to the infected people to limit the economic impact. [271], Nng cluster: As of 11 May, the city had 43 positive cases, and eight cases in six other localities, all related to New Phuong Dong discotheque, AMIDA salon and Phu An hotel. 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. Initially, the lockdown was set for 15 days, but it was extended to 21 days in 28 out of 63 provinces. [267], H Nam cluster: As of 3 August 2021, a total of 68 cases related to the H Nam outbreak have been recorded. 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. HANOI, July 31 (Reuters) - Vietnam will from Monday extend strict curbs on movement in its business hub Ho Chi Minh City and another 18 cities and provinces throughout its south for another two. As of Tuesday, the. She had been exhibiting several symptoms, but didn't cooperating with the authorities about her travel history or health conditions to avoid quarantine. [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. In addition, the province also recorded three more medical staff infected while on duty.