Vinh City temporarily blocks Ben Thuy market and Quyet market

On the afternoon of August 17,Ben Thuy wardhas urgently temporarily locked down 2 markets in the area because of the appearance of F0 trading at the market, including Ben Thuy market (market near Vinh University) and Quyet market.

Authorities blockade Vinh University market. Photo: Quang An

For Ben Thuy market, there is patient NTL, female, born in 1975, address in Vinh Tan ward, Vinh city. This patient goes to Vinh wholesale market every day to get fruits to sell at this market. On August 15, the patient's sample was taken for testing with a suspicious result. On August 16, the patient's sample was taken again and sent to CDC for testing. On August 17, the result was confirmed positive for SARS-CoV-2 virus. Currently, the patient is being quarantined at home.

It is known that,Ben Thuy marketis the largest market in Ben Thuy ward, with up to 600 traders and every day a lot of people come to buy goods, mostly local people, students, workers...

Ben Thuy Ward also temporarily blockaded.Quyet market. At this market, there is a female patient, born in 1980, residing in Doi Cung ward, who often goes to Vinh wholesale market to buy fruits to sell at Quyet market. On August 15, the patient's sample was taken for testing and the result was suspicious. On August 16, the patient's sample was taken again and sent to CDC for testing. On August 17, the result was confirmed positive for SARS-CoV-2 virus.

Quyet Market, Ben Thuy Ward has been locked down. Photo: Quang An

It is known that Quyet market is an old market in Ben Thuy ward, where there are about 200 small traders doing business.

In addition to temporarily blocking these two markets, Ben Thuy ward also notified people who had been to these two markets to quickly go to the nearest medical facility to make a medical declaration.

Ben Thuy Ward is currently making a list of people related to these two markets to proceed.take sample./.