Hanoi (VNA) - Hanoi logged 21 cases of communitytransmission of the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 from January 28 to February 3, accordingto Vice Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Chu Xuan Dung.

During an online meeting of the National Steering Committee on COVID-19Prevention and Control, chaired by Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam on February3, Dung said the most concerning case is a notary officer who is an F1 case of PatientNo. 1814. There are 22 F1 cases relating to this man, due to his travel to manylocalities.

He added that all F1 cases would be tested for the virus on February 3.

Of the 653 F1 cases of 21 COVID-19 patients, 17 tested positive and arenow under quarantine. All 5,415 F2 cases are being quarantined at home.

Hanoi collected samples for testing from 17,752 people coming to thecapital from Chi Linh city in Hai Duong province since January 1 and from QuangNinh province since January 5. Four were found to be infected with the virus.

Dung said that 1,118 people are now under quarantine in Hanoi. Since January27, local hospitals have provided health check-ups for 1,539 patients exhibitingthe symptoms of coughing, high temperatures, and breathing problems. All testednegative.

Municipal authorities have asked restaurants, karaoke parlours, bars,discotheques, gaming centres, and internet cafés to suspend operations.Festivals must change their schedules, and people failing to wear a maskoutdoors will be seriously punished.

The committee said thatbecause many patients had travelled to different places and the new variantspreads more rapidly, more locally-transmitted cases may be recorded in thecapital in the near future./.