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When total cases reached a few thousands per day, the Central government decided to lock down the entire Southern Region with 35 million people, along with the capital, Hanoi, to contain the spread. [222], As Cambodia entered the third wave of infection, Vietnam in March recorded a rapid increase in the number of imported cases in the border provinces. On 30 November, after patient 1347 tested positive, the HCDC put him and the mother in quarantine at the City Children's Hospital. At the meeting, it was announced that the newly discovered positive case was directly related to patient 1342 announced on 29 November. That was from the test result of nearly 2,500 samples taken in quarantine areas in the province. [9] Having known cases early is one of the main reasons why Vietnam was successful in fighting the virus. [193] On the same day, the Japanese authorities announced the RT-PCR results of the 32-year-old girl imported from Vietnam on 17 January, according to the announcement, she had infected with the new coronavirus variant discovered in the UK. For prevention of a large scale outbreak, Bc Giang decided to quarantined every people in Vit Yn district, where there are two industrial zones located from 15 May. According to the results of gene sequencing published by the Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology, the cluster recorded the appearance of the Indian variant B.1.617.2. [292] Notably, when Ho Chi Minh City Hospital for Tropical Diseases tested RT-PCR for 887 employees on 13 June, it recorded 53 positive cases with COVID-19. According to WHO, a total of more than 14 million people have been placed under quarantine since the beginning of the pandemic. From 26 June to 5 July, as the epidemic spread, the city continued to increase its capacity to half a million samples per day in order to test 5 million people in its districts and in Th c city. Under control. A man living in an area under lockdown receives food through a barricade during the COVID-19 pandemic in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam July 20, 2021 [File: Reuters] By Govi Snell Published On 7 Sep . From the end of April 2021, Vietnam experienced "a fast-spreading outbreak" of more than 350,000 cases. [233] Kien Giang province has developed a plan to establish a 300-500 beds field hospital in Ha Tien City, and establish a treatment area for severe COVID-19 patients at Ha Tien City Medical Center. The number of cases began to increase rapidly after the couple selling milk tea in Th Du Mt City tested positive in mid-June. Five family members picked him up by car and returned to Ha Long were subsequently quarantined and had their samples taken. This is like "an exercises" for the Vietnamese medical system in order to prepare and study the new virus. As a result, no one is permitted to leave the city, and only emergency services are permitted to operate. The Ministry of Defence ordered the military to bolster troop numbers along borders to prevent illegal entrants trying to enter the country through trails to avoid being quarantined, since a large number of Vietnamese working in neighboring countries are seeking to return home for Tt in many ways. From 3 September 2020 to 15 May 2021, the country recorded no new COVID-19 related deaths. His parents had sent him to patient 1347's home to look after him a few days previously. The first time, they tested negative for COVID-19. [70][71] Case No. In 14,000 test samples since the beginning of the pandemic, 38 positive cases were found, of which 18 patients were being treated at Ha Tien Medical Center. The deputy director of the Da Nang Department of Health said the patient was being treated at the Da Nang Hospital Department of Tropical Medicine. [100], On 7 March afternoon, a 27-year-old Vietnamese was diagnosed with COVID-19 and moved into quarantine in Ninh Bnh Province for treatment, making this the 18th case. After nine days, the disease in here had spread to seven districts in Nng. The Border Guard Command has established 118 more posts, bringing the total number of border control posts to 1,798, which served by more than 11,300 soldiers. Stage 2: Localized community transmission, Stage 3: Large-scale community transmission, This page was last edited on 26 January 2023, at 19:48. More than half of Vietnam's people are currently under lockdown. [166], After the central government considered that the COVID-19 outbreak has been brought under control, on 7 September, Da Nang has decided to ease its social distancing restrictions, and all passenger transportation and business enterprises resumed normal operations. - Tui Tr Online", "Bnh nhn th 16 nhim virus corona xut vin hm nay", "Coronavirus miracle? Of the 699 cases related to the market, 217 are traders, 37 are buyers and 445 close contacts. This person was hospitalized at Sa c General Hospital from 10 June due to an abscess in the shoulder. [121], On 26 March, 12 more cases were confirmed. At Hosiden Company, the rate was 55%. Until 5 July, ng Thp had recorded many clusters of COVID-19, of which there were 110 cases at Sa c General Hospital, Garment Factory 6 has 14 cases, Agribank in Chu Thnh district has 49 cases. Timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic in Vietnam - Wikipedia Qu V cluster recorded 127 cases, source of transmission was identified mainly from Qu V Industrial Park. [85], Earlier of the same day, Vietnam declared to have successfully cultured and isolated the virus in the lab, one of the early countries to do this, along with Singapore, Australia, Japan and China. The city would prioritize closing field hospitals set up at schools and dorms so that children may return to school. Chui ly nhim ch u mi khin Nng ko di cch ly, TP HCM sau hn mt thng p dng bin php chng dch, "TP HCM ' oxy' iu tr bnh nhn Covid-19". [161] Out of 152 cases of illegal entry discovered in Ho Chi Minh City since May, Chinese people account for 72%, Cambodians 11%, and the rest were Vietnamese and Korean, the Center for Disease Control in Ho Chi Minh City (HCDC) said. HANOI, Vietnam (AP) Vietnam put its entire southern region in a two-week lockdown starting midnight Sunday, as confirmed COVID-19 cases exceeded 3,000 for the third day in a row. However, the authorities found one deceased Japanese who never came into contact with any COVID patients, tested positive. Many patients are infected with the Delta variant so their close contacts quickly become positive. [274], On 26 May, a positive case linked to a Christian mission was discovered in G Vp District. COVID: How the delta variant has shattered Vietnam's success [80], On 34 February, Vietnam announced their eighth and ninth case: a 29-year-old female (#8) and a 30-year-old male (#9). [105], On 10 March, a 24-year-old Vietnamese woman who had just returned from England and previously had close contact with case No. [253] On 5 May, right after receiving information from the National Hospital of Tropical Diseases that there were two COVID-19 positive cases, Bac Ninh province urgently searched for close contacts and issued a notice in the province to find people who have been to the NHTD. The five largest of them were the one in the northern province of Bc Ninh and Bc Giang, the central region city of Nng, the Christian mission in Ho Chi Minh City and at a major hospital in Hanoi. [17] On the same day, former Prime Minister Nguyn Xun Phc announced the nationwide outbreak of COVID-19. I now count by weeks. [225][226] People in other districts will be tested from 15 to 19 March. During the rapid screening test, the Bc Ninh Department of Health discovered one positive case of COVID-19 known as patient 3055 in Mo in commune (Thun Thnh district). Medical personnel have concentrated on protecting COVID-19 patients with underlying disorders, prescribing antiretroviral medications to them even when they are showing no symptoms. The data on the coronavirus pandemic is updated daily. [220] With the COVID-19 outbreaks gradually being brought under control, Hi Dng province lifted restrictions in few areas on 3 March, after 15 days of stringent province-wide lockdown measures. [138], The night of 23 July, the Da Nang Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Da Nang CDC) took samples from more than 100 people thought to have been in contact with the man during the previous days, including his family members, and all of them tested negative. Vietnam entered a nationwide lockdown on April 1. [113][114], On 14 March 6 cases were announced (numbers 48 to 53). However, the deputy director of Chuong My District Medical Center mistook the number of people with negative test results. Vietnam to end COVID lockdown in Ho Chi Minh City In Vietnam's COVID epicentre, 'everyone is struggling to survive' Of Vietnam's nearly 16,000 COVID-19 fatalities . Two remaining cases (Case #419 and #420) are a 17-year-old teenager and a 71-year-old woman, all of whom were related with Da Nang C Hospital. "TP H Ch Minh phong ta thm 6 khu vc, tm dng cc hot ng khng cn thit, dng taxi, gii tn ch t pht", Dch TP HCM ly 4 chu k, xm nhp nhiu cng ty, khu cng nghip, S ca Covid-19 lin quan hi truyn gio ln hn 200, lan 6 tnh thnh, Nh my Khu cng ngh cao tng thm 119 ca nghi nhim, "5 nhnh ly nhim lin quan nhm truyn gio c kim sot", "Thm 31 nhn vin Bnh vin Bnh Nhit i TP HCM nghi Covid-19", "An observational study of breakthrough SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant infections among vaccinated healthcare workers in Vietnam", "Mc Covid-19 sau tim vaccine: ti lng virus thp, hi phc nhanh", Qun 7 v huyn C Chi, TP H Ch Minh cng b kim sot c dch COVID-19, Ca nhim Covid-19 tng vt 5 tnh pha Nam. Covid-19 Pandemic Timeline Fast Facts | CNN Peru has more than doubled its official death toll from the Covid-19 pandemic following a government review of the. Both patients are treated at the National Hospital for Tropical Diseases in Hanoi. Aside from cases related to flight VN0054 and patient 34, there are 3 unrelated cases: A Vietnamese came back from Paris, a Vietnamese overseas student who has been travelling across Europe, and a Czech national. "The city has prepared for an emergency situation, if the full capacity of these hospitals is used, Can Tho will be able to receive and treat about 1,200 cases of COVID-19", Nguyen Phuoc Ton - Deputy director of the Department of Health of Can Tho said. [90] 10,600 villagers were divided into groups of 5060 households each, each group assigned to a supervision team responsible for daily household visits and health-checks. 7 dch COVID-19 ti Vit Nam ang nhng u? [10], When the pandemic spreads across the globe, the coronavirus cases in the country also surged, and on the evening of 6 March, the Hanoi Department of Health confirmed the first case in the capital, a 26-year-old woman who had travelled to Europe. "From asymptomatic to severe: Delta variant wreaks havoc in mere hours - VnExpress International", "Th im iu tr F0 ti nh TP HCM t ngy 16/8". Long weekend becomes 9-week lockdown for AP Vietnam reporter [64] On 24 January, Acting Minister of Health V c am ordered the activation of the Emergency Epidemic Prevention Centre. On 28 December, four apartment blocks in District 5, Ho Chi Minh City were locked down after a man in the area tested positive. In the latest wave of COVID-19 since April, Vietnam has . [308][309][310], On 11 October, the Ministry of Health changed the criteria for assessing the level of epidemic, replacing the directives that were used before. Enterprise-managed quarantine was abolished after one person quarantined at a Vietnam Airlines facility spread COVID-19 to the community. He did not make a prediction about the epidemic in Ho Chi Minh City because of "many variables" and "the situation depends a lot on the implementation of epidemic prevention measures". [66], On 29 January, the Ministry of Health established 40 mobile emergency response teams, on stand-by to assist affected locations, for quarantining, disinfecting, and transporting patients or suspected patients. Vietnam: Coronavirus Pandemic Country Profile. A few days later the reinforcement from the Command of Naval Region 5 of the Vietnam People's Navy has sent more ships to patrol key areas, using radar to detect any boats coming from Cambodia. Numerous outbreaks were discovered in all localities. [120], On 22 March, Vietnam recorded over fourteen new patients, surpassing over 100 patients for the first time. 3 (25-yr-old female) was quarantined and cured in Thanh Ha Province, while the other two cases (#4: 29-yr-old male; #5: 23-yr-old female) were hospitalised in Hanoi. This group of people was tested twice by Hanoi CDC. [282], Christian mission cluster: The cluster at Revival Ekklesia Mission had more than 520 cases in H Ch Minh City and six other provinces. The latter is often called a lockdown. According to a previous plan, Ho Chi Minh City would hold a fireworks display on 30 April at 5 places. The son was believed to have contracted the virus from his father, who had earlier flown from Wuhan on 13 January, when they met in Nha Trang on 17 January. [111] Evening of the same day, five more cases were announced (#40-#44), all are related to patient number 34. [127], On 24 April, two more cases were confirmed: both were Vietnamese students who came back from Japan and quarantined on arrival. [168], As of 28 October, Vietnam has not found any new cases of community transmission. On 14 June, the hospital lifted quarantine after 37 days and resumed its medical activities. [102], On 8 March, another case in Hanoi was announced, which was a 61-year-old man. A Covid-19 victim is laid to rest in a graveyard in Comas, Peru, on June 1. The city also held the largest vaccination campaign. [41][42] On 28 July, the National Assembly gave the central government in Hanoi mandate to implement emergency measures for curbing the pandemic locally. [172], On 29 November, the Ministry of Health recorded a newly confirmed case of COVID-19 known as patient 1342, he was a 28-year-old male Vietnam Airlines flight attendant who returned to Vietnam from Japan on 14 November. Although the first case was detected in the Park 11 building, through preliminary assessment from public health units, it is possible that the outbreak originated from the T&T company, not from the family living in Park 11.[303][304]. [294][295], On 2 September, District 7 and C Chi District declared that the epidemic in here was under control. Speed up the completion of the new Kien Giang General Hospital and using the old provincial general hospital as a field hospital if the epidemic becomes more severe. Most of those cases related to patient #2899, who returned from Japan (also isolated at Nng before) but did not self quarantine at home. [277], In July 2021, Trn c Phu, an advisor to the Vietnam Public Health Emergency Operations Center, said that "the outbreak [in Ho Chi Minh City] remains complicated". [135][136], By the end of July, Vietnam had gone more than three months without new COVID-19 cases from local transmission. He received treatment for it and was subsequently discharged on 17 April after testing four times negative from coronavirus. On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization . Upon arrival in country, the flight crew members were quarantined in a quarantine facility of Vietnam Airlines in Ho Chi Minh City. Given the stabilizing situation in the province, the outbreak control special unit has been dissolved and supported medical workforces have gradually decreased since the second week of June. [299][300], Ph Yn cluster: Ph Yn is the central region province recorded the fastest infection rate, just from eight cases on the morning of 24 June, after 14 days the number of cases increased to 359, of which one person died. [101] Just 2 hours later, the Vietnamese Ministry of Health confirmed 2 more cases (#19-#20) in Hanoi, both related to the 17th case. The Cambodian government has lockdown the capital Phnom Penh and many of its provinces from 15 April. Basically under controlled as of July 2021. The first wave of the COVID-19 started in Vietnam (lasts for 85 days, from January 23 to April 16, 2020, included 100 community cases) with the original virus strain from Wuhan (China), and no deaths were reported. [20][21] On 28 July, the Da Nang authorities immediately locked down the city for 15 days. [16] From 1 April, Vietnam implemented a 15 days nationwide lockdown. All ten cases (#21-#30) were foreigners tracked from the same flight into Vietnam with case No. Deputy Prime Minister V c am, head of the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control, urged all competent forces to remain vigilant and stand ready to deal with new developments of the pandemic. ", "Vietnam PM warns of long coronavirus fight as crisis deepens", "HCM City, Hanoi accelerate testing, vaccinations against COVID-19", "Nhiu a phng ni lng gin cch, m li cc dch v", "Vit Nam pht hin ca nhim Omicron u tin", "Asia's COVID success stories become the world's worst hot spots", "Vietnam Mulls Shift to Covid Endemic Path as Virus Surges", "L do cha coi COVID-19 l bnh lu hnh", "Vit Nam cch ly hai bnh nhn b st nhp cnh t V Hn, Trung Quc", "Yu cu kch hot ngay trung tm phng chng dch khn cp bnh vim phi do virus corona", "Bnh nhn vim phi corona th hai TP HCM xut vin", "One of Vietnam's first confirmed coronavirus patients recovers", "40 i phn ng nhanh ng ph virus corona sn sng cho tnh hung xu nht - Bo Ngi lao ng", "3 ngi Vit u tin nhim nCoV i qua nhng u? [45][46][47] One of the main reasons for this outbreak is a four-day holiday for Reunification Day and International Workers' Day, which saw many vacation destinations packed with travelers. [56] The number of new cases began to fall to several thousand per day in mid-September, and restrictions were eased. Data from the Chicago Department of Public Health reported by the Chicago Tribune shows that despite being about 30% of the total population, Black people account for 68% of the COVID-19 related deaths in Chicago and are dying of COVID-19 at a rate nearly six-times greater than that of White Chicagoans, who account about 33% of the population and 17. These are the first two localities of Ho Chi Minh City successfully brought F0 out of the community, limited the number of new cases and have a high rate of COVID-19 vaccine coverage in the community. [313], Ph Th cluster: Since 13 October, the northern province of Ph Th has recorded 292 cases in the community from two clusters in Lam Thao - Chu Hoa, Bach Hac - Phu Ninh. 5, tested positive; the 14th case. May 25, 2021, 6:33 pm SGT HANOI (REUTERS) - Vietnam widened lockdown measures in its industrialised north on Tuesday (May 25) to combat its biggest Covid-19 outbreak so far, as the. This marked a major change in the country's approach to COVID-19,[53][54][55] forcing Vietnam to accelerate its vaccination campaign to control the pandemic. Under a close monitoring. [48][49][50][51] In addition, gene sequencing results show that the SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant is the dominant variant in this wave, especially among cases in central and southern localities of Vietnam. During the Christian mission outbreak, the health sector increased testing capacity to a hundred thousand per day. . [237], At the COVID-19 Steering Committee meeting, Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee Nguyn Thnh Phong said the city would not organize fireworks on Reunification Day. [284][285] After just six days, 20 out of 22 districts and Ho Chi Minh City's key industrial parks had COVID-19 cases. [28][29], The third wave of infection began on 28 January 2021, when Vietnam recorded an additional 84 community transmission cases within a single day in Hi Dng and Qung Ninh provinces. On 16 October, the administration of Ho Chi Minh City closed the No. The authorities expected that when the test results of all close contacts are available, there may be some new cases here. The number of deaths from 300 to 350 per day went down to more than 200. [301][302], T&T company and Times City cluster: In the fourth wave, there a total of 171 community cases have been reported from 20/30 districts in Hanoi. [5][6][7] The first cluster also appeared in Son Loi Commune, Bnh Xuyn District, Vnh Phc after a few workers returned from a training trip in Wuhan and infected other people in closecontact with them. [266], After nearly two months in lockdown, the situation in Bc Giang continued to improve gradually with no new clusters being reported. Timeline of UK government coronavirus lockdowns and restrictions Vietnam COVID - Coronavirus Statistics - Worldometer Kien Giang province has 12 districts and three cities that share a border with Cambodia, a total length of 56km, a coastline of more than 200km long with over 63,000 km2 of sea surface, thousands of fishing boats of the two countries operating every day. During the home-quarantine, the flight attendant has had direct contacts with three people including his mother and his two friends (one male and one female). Vietnam has been slow to procure vaccines and until late April had. [280], On 16 August, the Ministry of Health piloted a "home-based care" program for positive cases in the city. Thun Thnh District was the first cluster in the province with 591 cases, the outbreak in here have been contained. 17. According to WHO, to prepare for the worsening situation, the country has built more than 30 field hospitals with a scale of 1,500 ICU beds and 30,000 non-ICU beds. Clusters have been found in industrial parks in Bac Giang province and then in at least ten major hospitals in the country. The city continued to conduct random testing in community. [288][289] The outbreak in here and related restrictions on movement have impacted its manufacturing-led economy, forcing the closure of factories. 17. [264][265], Quang Chu and Vn Trung industrial zones are located very close to each other, next to the arterial road is the Hanoi - Bc Giang expressway and two frontage roads running parallel to the highway. "The rate of close contacts (who used to be negative) becoming positive is very high. Timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2023 - Wikipedia She had been exhibiting several symptoms, but didn't cooperating with the authorities about her travel history or health conditions to avoid quarantine. [297], in Bin cluster: On 14 May, Nm P district, in Bin province recorded the first COVID-19 case, was a female employee working in a boarding school for ethnic minorities. On the morning of 7 May, 10 people at K Hospital, Tn Triu Branch (Thanh Tr District, Hanoi) had positive results for SARS-CoV-2 including four patients and six patients relatives. [65] Vietnamese doctors documented and reported the two cases to medical journal The New England Journal of Medicine, at that time this was the first concrete evidence to the scientific community about human-to-human transmission of the disease outside China. [110], On 12 March morning, Vietnamese Ministry of Health reported the 39th case of the country. Vietnam's pandemic lockdown has been so long I've lost my sense of time. When the virus was first identified in China in late 2019, lockdown seemed extreme. As of 21 August, the infection chain related to Th Quang fishing port and at the quarantine areas in Sn Tr recorded 1,124 cases while Ha Cng market chain is at "very high risk" with 699 patients. [187] On 5 January, PM Phuc ordered to suspend flights from countries and territories infected with the new variant, the first two are South Africa and the United Kingdom. A 42-year-old female met and greeted with the case No. [62], On 14 January, two Chinese tourists with fever symptoms from Wuhan were quarantined by the authorities and placed under observation after they landed at Da Nang International Airport. Vietnam locks down capital Hanoi as COVID-19 infections soar - Al Jazeera In Hanoi, the authorities also requested suspension of unnecessary mass gathering events. Long Weekend Becomes 9 Week Lockdown For AP Vietnam Reporter - NPR.org [177] Eight primary, secondary, and high schools closed,[178] 12 universities have been closed since 2 December until further notice, consequently approximately 8,200 pupils, 160,000 university students and 6,000 lecturers are off from schools and universities, all school exams, meetings, conferences, out-door activities have been cancelled or postponed, three residential areas with 148 households and 485 people are on temporary lockdown. Meanwhile, on the other side of the globe, the U.S. sees its first case of the disease . On January 4, Hanoi CDC returned the test results of the remaining 5 people, including patient 1498. Later, when testing this patient's family members including father, mother and younger brother, the results were also positive. [218] On Lunar New Year's Eve 12 February, all provinces and cities stopped firing fireworks and New Year festivals to limit crowds (except for Hanoi still had one fireworks display spot at Thng Nht Park, instead of 30 as planned). V sao s ca Covid-19 Bnh Dng tng mnh? The quarantine of Son Loi village was scheduled to last 14 days. The hospital worked with the Oxford University Clinical Research Unit to monitor the clinical progress and SARS-CoV-2 viral load of these positive cases to assess the effectiveness of the vaccine. [8] The Vietnamese government immediately locked down Bnh Xuyn District until 4 March 2020 to prevent the disease from spreading all over the country, the first large-scale lockdown outside China. During the Da Nang outbreak in August, 10 provinces were locked down. [30] Initially, the government only quarantine the areas directly related to the infected people to limit the economic impact. The second patient was a 31-year-old staff at the Van Don International Airport in Qung Ninh, this airport has served many repatriation flights amid the pandemic. [293] After studying 62 infected employees of the Ho Chi Minh City Hospital of Tropical Diseases, the expert team concluded that their SARS-CoV-2 viral load was 251 times higher than Wuhan strain, but much lower than unvaccinated patients. As a result, the number of deaths fell to less than 20 cases each day, especially in Ho Chi Minh City.[316]. This is the 17th case in Vietnam. He had returned to Vietnam from Japan via Nng International Airport on 7 April. These cases came from small clusters, such as the one at the Hc Mn mechanical workshop, the Ehome apartment building, and the residential area in Th c, recently discovered in the community. This cluster was identified by the leaders of the Center for Disease Control (CDC) in Hanoi as having reached the 2nd or 3rd infection cycle. These people had previously received two doses of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine. But after half a month the number of cases still showed no signs of stopping, so on 15 February, entire province of Hi Dng was locked down for 15 days while Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City stopped all entertainment activities. This man has passed the Moc Bai border gate and may contacted with some Cambodians. Basically under control. [63], On 23 January, Vietnam confirmed the first two cases of COVID-19. Bc Ninh cluster: Directly related to NHTD cluster with 1,725 cases. [68] His father, who was the 1st COVID-19 patient in Vietnam, was discharged on 12 February. [232] Vietnam also donated $500,000 to Cambodia along with 800 ventilators, 2 million medical masks and 300,000 N95 masks. [131], On 29 May, after a long period without any confirmed cases of local transmission, Vietnam Airlines announced that it had completely restored its domestic flights after months under lockdown; international flights, however, remain suspended. The High Command also requested the Minister of Defence to provide additional 4,000 body bags. [22] Hundreds of cases across the country with epidemiological factors related to Da Nang were furthermore detected,[23] and the first death was also recorded on 31 July. [181], In the emergency meeting in response to the COVID-19 outbreak on 1 December in Hanoi, PM Nguyn Xun Phc announced that international commercial flights would be halted and everyone entering the country would have to be quarantined in military barracks or local quarantine areas. The patient is being treated at Tra Vinh Tuberculosis and Lung Disease Hospital with fever and sore throat. [170] After being informed about the case, the Hai Phong Department of Health isolated 152 close contacts and quarantined the hotel he had stayed. [281] On 24 August, the Ho Chi Minh City Military High Command worked with the People's Committee and finished preparing 10 hectares of land with 5,000 graves and an additional 5 hectares for mass burial if the crematoriums in the city were overloaded. [158], On 7 August, an officer of the 377th Air Defence Division tested positive and the local health officials immediately quarantined 14 close contacts.