Inside the Covid-19 blockaded village outskirts of Hanoi
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| Photo: Dan Tri |
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| Photo: Dan Tri |
After two community transmissions were detected in Lo Giao, the authorities have sealed off the village. All transported food and goods from outside into the village and vice versa must go through Covid-19 prevention protocols, Dan Tri reported.
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| Photo: Dan Tri |
Coming back from a trip, a family must make health declarations before allowed to enter the village.
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| Photo: Dan Tri |
On May 3, Lo Giao residents had their samples taken for Covid-19 testing at 10 sites. Earlier, the village’s head popularized the information and distributed the testing registration forms to each household.
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| Photo: Dan Tri |
The locals wore face masks and shields to prevent Covid-19 spread while waiting for their turns to be tested.
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Nearly 100 medical staff in Dong Anh District were mobilized to conduct Covid-19 testing.
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A child in the village had his sample taken for Covid-19 testing.
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| Photo: Dan Tri |
People here felt really nervous when knowing that the village has reported two Covid-19 infections. Fortunately, the mass testing made them feel more secure.
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| Photo: Dan Tri |
Hoi (third from right) has mainly lived on farming. During the lockdown, she still can work in the fields, however, her children who are employed outside the village, cannot work due to Covid-19 regulations, causing economic difficulty for her family.
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| Photo: Dan Tri |
Prior to the Covid-19 outbreak, the market in front of the communal house was packed with people. Now, it is deserted.
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| Photo: Dan Tri |
The lockdown order has adversely affected business activities. “I wish the epidemic will be stamped out soon and my life can back to normal”, said a woman selling crabs and snails.
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| Photo: Dan Tri |
Two children are studying Math with each other. Hanoi allowed students to stay at home and study online until further notice.
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The carpentry factories have suffered a shortage of laborers as they can’t enter the village.
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| Photo: Dan Tri |
As a craft village making household furniture, households in Lo Giao village have grappled with transporting goods for consumption due to the lockdown. Because trucks can’t enter the village, residents need to deliver goods by themselves to the village’s gate.
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| Photo: Dan Tri |
Lo Giao is among the blockaded regions in Hanoi, along with two residential areas in Viet Hung Commune (Dong Anh District), Vien Dong Star apartment building (Thinh Liet ward, Hoang Mai district), alley 94 Bui Thi Xuan Street (Hai Ba Trung District, alley 86 Phu Kieu Street (Phuc Dien Ward, Bac Tu Liem District).
| As of Tuesday, Hanoi had recorded four Covid-19 community cases in the ongoing outbreak that started April 29 after Vietnam had gone clean for more than a month. Eleven cases of Covid-19 were reported during the past 12 hours to 6 pm May 4, including one domestically transmitted case, according to the Health Ministry. Among the imported cases, three were Indian citizens and the remainder were Vietnamese. The locally transmitted case is a 25-year-old woman who had made contact with patient 2982. The national count increased to 2,996, including 38 locally transmitted cases since April 27. Meanwhile, 2,560 patients have been given the all-clear, and the death toll remains at 35. Among patients still under treatment, 24 have tested negative for the novel coronavirus, 12 twice and 38 thrice. A total of 40,505 people who had made contact with Covid-19 patients or arrived from pandemic-affected areas are being quarantined across the country. |
 | Vietnamese experts dispatched to Laos for Covid-19 support Deputy Health Minister Nguyen Truong Son and 35 experts are heading to Laos on Tuesday to help the country in its Covid-19 fight. |
 | Vietnamese Embassy in Laos requests maximum support for Vietnamese citizens The Vietnamese Association in Vientiane has coordinated with the Lao Ministry of Health to contact trace F1, F2 among the Vietnamese community in the capital. |
 | More places to suspend non-essential activities amid Covid-19 surge HCMC, Da Nang, Yen Bai are among the latest localities to crack down on recreational activities and public gatherings |
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