From March 10, all tourist boats and accommodation facilities on Cat Ba island, Cat Hai district, Hai Phong city, stopped welcoming guests to prevent Covid-19.

The two communes Gia Luan and Viet Hai on the island were blocked off and sprayed with disinfectant. Households are encouraged not to go to crowded places. Weddings, engagements, and funerals are limited to attendees.

The above measure was taken after the British female tourist on flight VN54 infected with nCoV spent a day and a night on the island. The patient visited many places and interacted with many people in these two island communes.

According to the announcement of the People's Committee of Hai Phong City, all international tourists staying at the two communes as well as the Leaning Tower resort on Lan Ha Bay, were taken to the isolation facility of 2 Viet Tiep Hospital before returning home. water.

At the two ends of the ferry port of Got - Cat Vieng, police, border guards and medical personnel set up checkpoints to measure the body temperature of passengers getting on and off the ferry. In case of cough, fever, abnormally high body temperature... will be asked to return or report to health authorities to take them to the hospital for examination and isolation.

Gia Luan and Viet Hai are two island communes of Cat Hai island district with a population of about 1,400. People live on forest resources, a few start to familiarize themselves with tourism services.

On March 10, the Steering Committee for Covid-19 Prevention and Control of Da Nang City decided to isolate medically on the spot with 48 guests at Vanda Hotel (3 Nguyen Van Linh Street, Binh Hien Ward, Hai Chau District) to prevent stop the spread of Covid-19. Of the 48 guests staying, there are 11 Americans; 2 Germans; 26 Chinese; 9 Vietnamese, ages 22 to 64.

Mr. Le Trung Chinh, Vice Chairman of Da Nang City People's Committee, requested the hotel to ensure essential facilities for living needs; provide meals for each person; do not organize meals or gather in large numbers in the blockade area; coordinate with the authorities in monitoring people in quarantine.

People in quarantine are not allowed to contact their relatives. The city is ready to enforce quarantine if someone does not comply.

As of the afternoon of March 10, Vietnam recorded 33 people infected with nCoV, of which 16 have recovered, 18 have been infected in the past five days. Of the 18 new patients, 13 were on flight VN54 from the UK to Vietnam on the morning of March 2.