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Vietnam Reports First Locally Transmitted COVID-19 Case In 89 Days (view source)
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, 11:27, 22 December 2020Created page with "<br>By Phuong Nguyen and Khanh Vu<br> <br>HANOI, Nov 30 (Reuters) - Vietnam confirmed on Monday its first locally transmitted case of the coronavirus in nearly three months, a..."
<br>By Phuong Nguyen and Khanh Vu<br> <br>HANOI, Nov 30 (Reuters) - Vietnam confirmed on Monday its first locally transmitted case of the coronavirus in nearly three months, after the infection of a man related to a flight attendant who had tested positive after returning from Japan two weeks ago.<br> <br>The country's health minister ordered provinces and [https://www.kynghidongduong.vn/tours/tour-du-lich-ha-noi-bac-kan-ho-ba-be-cao-bang-hang-pac-bo-thac-ban-gioc.html kynghidongduong.vn] state agencies to tighten screening and controls and contact tracing efforts were launched after the 32-year-old man was confirmed as the first reported domestic infection in 89 days.<br> <br>With its strict quarantine and tracking measures, Vietnam has managed to quickly contain its coronavirus outbreaks, [https://www.kynghidongduong.vn/tours/tour-du-lich-ha-noi-bac-kan-ho-ba-be-cao-bang-hang-pac-bo-thac-ban-gioc.html tour hồ ba bể] allowing it to resume its economic activities earlier than much of Asia.<br> <br>Vietnam crushed its first wave of coronavirus infections in April and went nearly 100 days without [http://www.groundreport.com/?s=local%20transmission local transmission] until the virus remerged and was quickly contained in the central city of Danang in July.<br> <br>Authorities said the latest case had taught at language-learning centres and been to cafes and karaoke bars since his exposure to the flight attendant.<br><br>Those places had since been closed.<br> <br>Vietnam has so far recorded 1,347 coronavirus cases, 655 of which it said were imported. The country has reported an average of five of those cases a day recently.<br> <br>It has effectively closed its borders to combat the coronavirus but has allowed some business travellers and [https://www.kynghidongduong.vn/tours/tour-du-lich-ha-noi-bac-kan-ho-ba-be-cao-bang-hang-pac-bo-thac-ban-gioc.html tour thác bản giốc] those with foreign expertise to enter on special flights provided they undergo quarantine.<br> <br>Monday's case came days after the health ministry warned of a new outbreak among the community as the cold season has begun.<br> <br>"The COVID-19 situation remains complicated," Health Minister Nguyen Thanh Long said last week.<br> <br>"The disease has returned in many parts of the world in winter time." (Editing by Martin Petty)<br>
