A cluster of infections was discovered among 201 passengers on a Vietnam Airlines flight from Britain. FMTNews Vietnam
HANOI: Vietnamese authorities vowed Monday to punish anyone concealing sickness after 13 people caught the deadly new coronavirus on a flight to Hanoi, sparking lockdowns and panic-buying in the capital.
The group were in quarantine Monday and recovering, Vietnam’s health ministry said, with the hospital they were held in placed on lockdown along with several houses and hotels in Hanoi where they had stayed. He told a meeting of officials in Hanoi that “we need strong, adequate and immediate measures to effectively stop the source of infection”.“Declaring false information… may be subject to criminal handling,” stated an official notice.
She is believed to have infected her aunt and driver, forcing authorities to isolate several houses near her home and a private hospital where she first sought treatment.A minister on the same flight tested negative for the virus but was also quarantined for 14 days with the group.
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