COVID-19 patient in Ha Giang declared fully recovered
Vietnam’s 268th COVID-19 patient, who was quarantined and treated at the Dong Van General Hospital in the northern mountainous province of Ha Giang, was declared to have fully recovered from the disease on April 30.
A quarantine area in the Dong Van General Hospital (Photo: VNA)
Ha Giang (VNA) - Vietnam’s268th COVID-19 patient, who was quarantined and treated at the Dong VanGeneral Hospital in the northern mountainous province of Ha Giang, was declared to have fully recovered from the disease onApril 30.
The patient, a H’Mong ethnic minority girl in Dong Vandistrict’s Pho La commune, was confirmed as Ha Giang’s first COVID-19 infectionon April 16. She will be quarantined and monitored for the next 14 days at the hospital.
The provincial People’s Committee has decidedto lift the lockdown order on the Dong Van General Hospital, Pho Bang town, andPho La commune in Dong Van district, and the Thanh Thuy medical station in Vi Xuyendistrict from 0:00 on April 30.
Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee Nguyen Van Son said the localities have been orderedto effectively continue implementing measures to both contain the spread of thevirus and ensure socio-economic development and social security and stability.
Regulations on social distancing and disease prevention guidelines such as wearingface masks and keeping a safe distance from others in public places will still bestrictly enforced in the province, he stressed
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The whole of Dong Van township in the district of the same name in the northern mountainous province of Ha Giang has been locked down since 9am on April 22, as an urgent COVID-19 prevention and control measure.
The northern mountainous province of Ha Giang decided to lock down Ta Kha hamlet in Dong Van district’s Pho Bang township and Thanh Thuy commune’s health station in Vi Xuyen district from April 22 to prevent the spread of the COVID-19.
The People’s Committee of the northern mountainous province of Ha Giang on April 23 decided to lift the lockdown order on Dong Van township and Ta Kha hamlet in Pho Bang township in Dong Van district, based on positive developments of the COVID-19 pandemic in the province.
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A quarantine area in the Dong Van General Hospital (Photo: VNA) 
