Posted on 07/08/2021 9:52:00 PM PDT by cba123
Nine million people in Ho Chi Minh City have been ordered into lockdown, state media said Wednesday, as the commercial hub struggles to contain Vietnam's most serious COVID-19 outbreak so far.
Beginning in the early hours of Friday, residents will be mandated to stay at home for two weeks after 8,000 cases were recorded in the city during the latest virus wave.
Prior to this outbreak, which began in late April, fewer than 3,000 cases had been recorded across Vietnam.
Although virus clusters have appeared up and down the country, including in the northern industrial provinces of Bac Ninh and Bac Giang, home to factories supplying Samsung and Foxconn, Ho Chi Minh City has emerged as the epicentre of the wave.
Nguyen Thanh Phong, Ho Chi Minh City mayor, said Wednesday the city was "facing challenges in controlling" the pandemic, according to state-run news outlet VNExpress.
"To quickly control the COVID-19 pandemic, Ho Chi Minh City is determined to be tougher," he was quoted as saying as he announced the lockdown.
Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam told Ho Chi Minh City authorities earlier that it was "time for us to accept sacrifices to ensure long-term development".
Residents will be allowed to leave home only to buy food or medicine, state media said.
At least 10 cities have suspended their airlinks with Ho Chi Minh City, formerly known as Saigon, and panic buying was reported on Wednesday as three major wholesale markets were shut down.
More than 80 infections have been recorded at the city's Chi Hoa jail, affecting both guards and inmates, state media said. Gunshots were heard from inside the prison Tuesday, though it remained unclear what had happened.
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You can have mine.
But seriously, Why wouldn’t you be going with the Ivermectin, and HCQ plus Zinc?
Particularly while you await the almighty vaccine (which I frankly wouldn’t put all my eggs in that basket - expecting a miracle).
Fighting?
It has changed enormously. I was almost drafted, but the war ended (just) before I was old enough.
It is rapidly growing now, I like it. Not for everyone, but I like it quite a lot.
Other than being locked up now.
:)
I don’t think that is available here now.
There were a couple of people very early who misused it, and they shut down availability of it.
Clearly. But I was referring strictly to the virus BS.
We are giving away a mega-buttload of vaccine doses. 580M over the next 12 months. Unfortunately, Biden is going to work with the WHO and they will decide who gets how many doses. And since China runs the WHO, Vietnam gets NADA. China will control what you get, and it probably won’t be American vaccines, but “Made in China”. Sorry, but take it up with Joe and the Ho.
No, I was USAF, but we got rocket attacks regularly. People were jealous of us, because we worked in air conditioned comfort. What they didn’t realize, was the air conditioning, was for the radar. The radar would blow out if it wasn’t kept cool. I am in Davao Del Sur.
Vietnam and China do not get along. I was in both Ho Chi Minh and Hanoi in February 2020. They had locked the border with China.
The usual Chinese tourist spots were ghost towns.
I was surprised when passing from Vietnam into Cambodia, the checkpoint had chairs set up theater style in the middle and everyone going through the checkpoint had to walk by them.
The chairs were for Chinese citizens only!
I’m surprised it did not spread faster.
I had Covid-19 just prior, but didn’t know what it was. I went from full blown symptoms to totally fine immediately when I began taking Hydroxychloroquine. Not for the Covid, but as a prophylactic for malaria as I was headed down the Mekong River by boat for a few days. Someone upstairs was looking out for me.
Thank you.
I think I remember you, we exchanged posts just before you left. Didn’t know you then had covid.
You might be right. Glad you are ok.
Vietnam should buy the Russian vaccines.
That is what I have thought from the beginning, but it seems they have been sort of slow for some reason...
They’d be as good of an ally as in the 1960s.
Opus?
Change it back to Saigon, and we might send you our leftovers, you commie bastards.
Source?
Load up on Ivermectin. There, I helped.
Virus gonna virus.
Lol.. lemme guess, they want US taxpayers to foot the bill.
I will believe them about as much as Al Gores earth fever scientists. If China was not on a war footing w every country they want to enslave and Trump was still prez, i might consider their “facts”.
If anyone thinks it was just one lab and one virus.. they also believe the earth has a fever.
Thy Lord and saviour Vax. Kneel to the needle and be saved.
Sounds likely. Elites will keep their private jets, though.
HCQ and Ivermectin. One somewhat effective against Covid, one very effective. Both with risk profiles about like aspirin or Tylenol. Both suddenly very dangerous (if you listen to public health authorities) to use if Covid is involved.
And I am supposed to believe public health about anything?
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