Authorities in Ha Long City in the northern province of Quang Ninh have decided to close various residential areas, hotels and tourist boats which four-Covid-19 infected people visited during their trip to the city.
Police and health officers in Ha Long City block Wyndham Hotel in Bay Chay Ward on March 8
Five places where the four foreign tourists and their taxi drivers stayed including Wyndham Hotel in Bay Chay Ward, Residential Area 2 in Viet Hung Ward, Vuon Cau Village in Son Duong Commune, Bach Dang Hotel in Bai Chay Ward, and Thai Son Hotel in Dong Hung Thang Urban Area have been blocked since March 8.
Ha Long City People's Committee has also suspended the operation of 18 tourist boats which have served the tourists, three British men and one Irish woman, during their visit to the bay.
According to the committee, the four tourists arrived in Ha Long between March 2 and 6 and had spent most of their time visiting the bay before being found and sent to Thai Son Hotel for quarantine on March 7.
They then tested positive to SARS-CoV-2 and have been moved to the Central Hospital for Tropical Diseases in Hanoi for treatment.
127 local people have also been quarantined for having close contact with the tourists during the time.
The four tourists were found boarding the same flight from London to Hanoi on March 2 with a Hanoi woman who was then found positive with SARS-CoV-2 on March 6.
Five other foreign tourists on the flight have also been infected and were being treated in Lao Cai, Hue, and Danang cities where they were spending their holiday.
Vietnam reported 10 new Covid-19 patients on Sunday, bringing the total number of infections to 30.
