Vietnam’s Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc ordered the country’s aviation authority to halt international commercial flights after the nation reported its first local coronavirus cases in almost three months, according to a posting on the government’s website.
The premier, who said “rescue” flights bringing Vietnamese home from abroad should continue, instructed the Ho Chi Minh City government to quickly trace and isolate everyone who came in contact with those who tested positive this week, the website reported.
Phuc directed provincial governments to enforce social distancing “in high risk areas” in a reasonable manner so as not to hurt businesses and production activities, according to the posting.
Vietnam had 1,351 Covid-19 infections and 35 deaths as of Dec. 1, according to the health ministry.