More than 10,000 people in villages near Vietnam’s capital were placed under quarantine Coronavirus Vietnam China Asia
A Vietnamese health official wearing a protective suit amid concerns of the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak sprays disinfectant on a motorcyle at a checkpoint in Son Loi commune in Vinh Phuc province on February 13, 2020.
Checkpoints have been set up around the six villages that make up Son Loi, said an AFP team on the outskirts of the area in Binh Xuyen district. They all originated from a female worker who was sent to Wuhan in central China — where the virus originated — for training.So far, only the female worker has fully recovered and been discharged from the hospital, according to updates from the ministry, while the others remain in a “stable” condition.The Son Loi area of roughly 1,000 hectares is made up of farmland. Many of the 10,600 residents also commute to nearby factories for short-term labour jobs.
But “life has been badly affected,” he told AFP by phone, adding that much of the labour force is reliant on jobs in construction and house painting.Authorities in Son Loi began handing out face masks after the Tet holiday ended on January 30. Since then children and elderly have largely been confined to their homes.More than 1,350 people have died in China from the virus, and nearly 60,000 others have been infected since it was first detected in Hubei province in December.
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