Vietnam Quarantines Area With 10,000 Residents Over Coronavirus
Police wearing protective facemasks amid concerns of the COVID-19 coronavirus allow an ambulance to pass through a checkpoint in Son Loi commune in Vinh Phuc province on February 13, 2020. PHOTO: Nhac NGUYEN / AFPMore than 10,000 people in villages near Vietnam’s capital were placed under quarantine Thursday after six cases of the deadly new coronavirus were discovered there, authorities said.
Health officials wearing protective suits sprayed disinfectant on vehicles. Police warned people wanting to enter the quarantined area that while they would be allowed in, they would not be able to leave. Villager Tran Van Minh told AFP that authorities had already advised them to avoid large gatherings, though the cluster of infections in his village likely began due to Tet lunar new year celebrations last week.
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