Vietnam
says monitoring over 5,000 Chinese workers for coronavirus
ReutersFebruary 14,
2020, 2:48 AM PST
A woman
wearing a face mask is seen in Ho Chi Minh
HANOI
(Reuters) - Vietnam is monitoring more than 5,000 workers who returned to the
Southeast Asian country after the Lunar New Year holiday for signs of
coronavirus, state media reported on Friday.
On Thursday,
Communist-ruled Vietnam quarantined a rural commune of 10,000 people near Hanoi
because of fears the coronavirus could spread there.
Sixteen
people in Vietnam have tested positive for the virus.
"As of
February 11, there are 7,600 Chinese workers who returned to Vietnam after the
holiday break, of which 5,112 are being closely monitored," the state-run
Tien Phong newspaper said, citing a report by Vietnam's labour ministry.
"They
are being isolated in their companies' dormitories and local hotels. Suspected
infection cases are quarantined at medical facilities," the report added.
On Feb. 2,
Vietnam's labour ministry asked businesses and employers not to let Chinese
workers return to work in Vietnam.
Vietnam
declared a public health emergency over the epidemic on Feb. 1 and has banned
all flights to and from China, where nearly 1,400 people have died from the
virus.
(Reporting
by Phuong Nguyen; Editing by James Pearson and Hugh Lawson)
Source:
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