Dong Van Town locked down after new Covid-19 case

The Dong Van Town in the northern province of Ha Giang will be closed for Covid-19 prevention beginning on April 22.

The Dong Van Town in the northern province of Ha Giang will be closed for Covid-19 prevention beginning on April 22.

  

Dong Van Town

Hoang Van Thinh, chairman of Dong Van District People's Committee has signed the official document to lock down the town of 27,465ha. A total of 1,629 households with 7,623 people will be under quarantine from April 22 until further notice.

Five checkpoints have been set up to control the number of people moving in and out of the town. The police, military and state employees will take shifts to stay at the checkpoints. The authorities have also made plans to provide necessities to the people.

On April 16, a woman from Dong Van District was confirmed to have SARS-CoV-2. She is Patient 268. She showed coughing, breathing difficulty and fever symptoms on April 7. After being admitted to Dong Van District General Hospital, she was tested and quarantined.The local authorities quickly disinfected her living area.

According to Ha Giang Province Department of Health's investigation announced on April 15, the patient made contact with 56 people who again made contact with 20 medical staff and 29 other people. Many people have been taken samples for tests at the National Institute of Hygiene And Epidemiology afterwards.

The result on April 20 show that 135 tests from Ha Giang Province were negative, 122 of which are related to Patient 268.