More provinces apply social distancing

Dak Nong Province and Vung Tau City have applied social distancing amid the ongoing Covid-19 wave.

Covid-19 tests in Vung Tau City

Dak Nong People's Committee has issued the official decision to apply social distancing from July 13 until further notice. A crowd of more than 10 people will be banned outside schools, hospitals and offices. Religious and other activities that have a gathering of more than 20 people will also be banned. Karaoke bars and nightclubs have been suspended.

People arriving from HCM City will be tested at the checkpoints and transferred to quarantine centres. They must also be self-isolated at home afterwards. Patients and family members at hospitals and anyone who arrives in Dak Nong will be tested for Covid-19.

As of now, Dak Nong has reported three positive patients who all returned from HCM City.

Dak Nong to apply social distancing

Vung Tau City People's Committee also proposed to Ba Ria-Vung Tau Province People's Committee to apply social distancing rules from July 14 to 27 during an urgent meeting about Covid-19 prevention led by Ba Ria-Vung Tau Party Secretary Pham Viet Thanh.

Thanh approved the proposal at the end of the meeting. Vung Tau City must have a detailed plan to deal with the outbreak and ensure the living conditions of local residents.

As of July 12, Vung Tau City recorded 35 positive cases and discovered 398 F1 people and 618 F2 people via contact tracing. On July 12 alone, the city recorded 26 cases. Many patients have visited several places and met many other people. People coming from other provinces and cities will be tested and quarantined. The preventive rules must be tightened in industrial zones.

The city authorities will also monitor people who have to make contact with a lot of people such as lotto ticket sellers, taxi drivers or shippers.