Vietnam should prepare for 30,000 coronavirus cases after new outbreak - official

 

FILE PHOTO: A medical specialist wearing a protective suit holds testing samples of travellers who have returned from Da Nang, at a rapid testing center for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Hanoi, Vietnam August 8, 2020. REUTERS/Kham

 

HANOI (Reuters) - Vietnam should prepare for 30,000 COVID-19 cases, state television said, citing the coronavirus taskforce chief, after the country reported its biggest daily number of new infections on Thursday and ended a 55-day run without a local case.

 

Deputy Prime Minister and taskforce head Vu Duc Dam said the two northern provinces where 83 cases were found should put measures in place to contain the spread, speed up contact-tracing and prepare for the scenario of 30,000 cases, state broadcaster VTV reported.

 

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Officially, Vietnam's borders are closed.

So where are these cases coming from?

China?

46 minutes ago, Tropicalevo said:

Officially, Vietnam's borders are closed.

So where are these cases coming from?

China?

Maybe they have Burmese workers too?

11 hours ago, Tropicalevo said:

Officially, Vietnam's borders are closed.

So where are these cases coming from?

China?

I thought similar but then read this today on the BBC which says that 36000 passengers travelled to/from in November 2020

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-55843883

This will surely be blamed on Cambodians

19 hours ago, Tropicalevo said:

Officially, Vietnam's borders are closed.

So where are these cases coming from?

China?

Vietnam is still receiving personnel from overseas on a limited basis

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This latest outbreak (the 4 th in Vietnam) might have started at an airport (one of the current hotspots) that gets many repatriation flights. All passengers are immediately transferred to a 2 week quarantine, but, I assume that this transfer is not 100% secure, just like doctors in spite of full protective gears, sometimes contract the virus from their patients. Vietnam also had Vietnamese sneaking back into Vietnam from Cambodia trying to avoid quarantine. A couple of them had come all the way from Myanmar, through Thailand and Cambodia, involving 3 illegal border crossings, that's what started the 3rd outbreak a couple of months ago. The 2nd outbreak in Danang was blamed on illegal Chinese immigrants. I am currently in Southern Vietnam, praying that the current outbreak stays in the north. 'Perfect time' just before the Tet new year celebrations. 

2 hours ago, thecyclist said:

I am currently in Southern Vietnam, praying that the current outbreak stays in the north. 'Perfect time' just before the Tet new year celebrations. 

Covid seems to be the ideal tourist, eh! Hope they have enough sense to shut down Tet travel.