Nghe An prepares 3 gathering points for citizens returning from countries with Corona epidemic

On February 4, the military was still preparing to transport and receive citizens returning from China and other countries with the Corona virus epidemic to Vietnam for quarantine and monitoring at concentrated barracks.

Commander of Military Region 4, Lieutenant General Nguyen Doan Anh inspected epidemic prevention and control work at the Nghe An Provincial Military Command. Photo: Trong Kien

In 6 provinces of Military Region 4, there will be 11 gathering points at the barracks of units ready to receive Vietnamese citizens working, studying, and working from China and other countries with epidemics returning to Vietnam. At the gathering places for meals and rest, preparations for welcoming and ensuring the logistics of citizens' lives are carefully prepared by the medical and logistics forces of agencies and units under the Military Region's Armed Forces.

In addition, the military is also making careful preparations to ensure the means of transporting Vietnamese citizens from airports and ports to gathering points, while also providing food, materials, and medical equipment. Ensuring security and order at airports, ports, routes for transporting Vietnamese citizens, and at quarantine points...

Meanwhile, on the morning of February 4, the Ministry of Health confirmed that a 30-year-old male patient in Vinh Phuc tested positive for nCoV and was the ninth case in Vietnam. The patient was one of eight people who returned from Wuhan on the same flight CZ8315 of Southern China Airlines on January 17. Four of these people have so far tested positive for nCoV.