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Earlier, on January 30, the People's Committee of Mau A town decided that Tran Van V was at risk of coronavirus infection so he was requested to stay at home for self-quarantine.
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| V (left) being informed about his violation. |
However, at 11 AM on the same day, V was found going out, violating the self-isolation regulations.
To handle V's situation, the Van Yen district police deployed officers to coordinate with the local authorities to force V. to return home and obey the self-isolation rules.
The Van Yen district police also advised the Van Yen District People's Committee to give an administrative fine of VND 7.5 million for the violation.
V is the first person in Van Yen district to be sanctioned for violating the COVID-19 self-isolation rules.
Van Yen district of Yen Bai province has not recorded any cases of COVID-19 infection so far. In the locality, 18 persons are taking self-quarantine measures at home, while 240 other are under medical supervision.
The country has so far recorded 1,851 SARS-CoV-2 infections so far. Of the total, 964 were locally-transmitted cases, including 271 linked with Hai Duong since the latest coronavirus outbreak hit the province on January 27.
According to a report from the Treatment Sub-committee under National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control, 1,460 COVID-19 patients have recovered.
There are 27,714 people who had close contact with confirmed cases or coming from the pandemic-hit regions under quarantine at present, including 227 at hospitals, 20,917 in other quarantine sites, and 6,570 at home./
