Lunar New Year (Tet) cancelled? Vietnam's COVID-19 Hotspot

Vietnam's COVID-19 hotspot, Hai Duong is the centre of the new wave with the fear that Lunar New Year (tet) is cancelled. Vietnam’s government is tightening lockdowns, patrolling boarders, and closing schools early for the holiday in order to stop the virus from spreading within the country.

In this video we discuss where the first case was announced; the handling of Vietnam’s third wave; where are Vietnam’s vaccines; and the possible cancellation of Tet.

Vietnam’s Covid 19 hotspot is Hai Duong and Quang Ninh, located in the North of Vietnam. Being next to the capital, Hanoi authorities have ordered the closure of bars, karaoke parlors, and nightclubs from February 1, until further notice, while several northern provinces such as Bac Ninh, Son La and Cao Bang have canceled entertainment activities such as spring festivities.

Vaccines are still pending distribution of the Russia’s Sputnik-V vaccine and the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine. There’s also has trials for Vietnam’s own vaccines “Nanocovax” and “Covivac”. Hopefully we see these by the end of 2021.

As of 5th February 2021, Vietnam has 446 cases, 369 recovered and 0 deaths. Thousands of Covid 19 tests from airport staff around Vietnam are waiting for results to see if this is the source of entry. Cases are increasing everyday due to the UK variant and South African variant going around in the community. 24 cases have been confirmed from the latest Vietnam outbreak.

Let me know what your Tet plans are this year.
First case of new wave

Intro - 00:00
First case of new wave - 01:07
The handling so far - 03:47
Where are the vaccines? - 07:14
Is tet cancelled? - 10:06

In case you missed my other lockdown/post lockdown and Covid 19 videos in Vietnam:
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