Haiphong held an urgent meeting on Monday to seek ways to prevent Covid-19 on Cat Ba after a British female visitor who had tested positive for Covid-19 had visited the locality on March 7.
Under the instruction of chairman of municipal people's committee Nguyen Van Tung, the two communes on Cat Ba, Viet Hai and Gia Luan where the British tourist visited were isolated. He also requested to halt the welcome of travellers to the island.
At the meeting, Pham Thu Xanh, director of Haiphong Department of Health, said that 24 people on Cat Ba Island who took the same flight as Hanoi's first Covid-19 patient Nguyen Hong Nhung were tested negative for the virus.
Sixteen people on a tourism cruise which the British woman stayed overnight were also tested and found to be negative.
Cat Hai District has set up Covid-19 patrol stations at wharves and main roads. Local residents have been urged to minimise gatherings.
The locality has continued seeking people who have been in contact with 24 people on the flight VN0054 for quarantine.
Those who face high risk will be sent to Viet Tiep Hospital.
