A person was jailed for 5 years on Monday for breaking strict Covid-19 quarantine guidelines and spreading the virus to others, state media reported.
Le Van Tri, 28, was convicted of “spreading dangerous infectious diseases” in a one-day trial on the People’s Court within the southern province of Ca Mau, Vietnam News Agency (VNA) reported.
Vietnam has been one of many world’s coronavirus success tales due to focused mass testing, aggressive contact tracing, strict border restrictions and strict quarantines. But new clusters of infections since late April have tarnished that document.
“Tri traveled from Ho Chi Minh City to Ca Mau … and violated the 21-day quarantine rules,” the information company mentioned.
“Three people infected eight people, of whom one died due to the virus after a month of treatment,” it mentioned.
Reuters didn’t instantly attain the CA Mau courtroom for remark.
Ca Mau, Vietnam’s southernmost province, has recorded solely 191 circumstances and two deaths because the pandemic started, far fewer than the nation’s coronavirus epicenter, Ho Chi Minh City, with practically 260,000 circumstances and 10,685 deaths.
Vietnam is battling a worsening COVID-19 outbreak, which has contaminated greater than 536,000 folks and killed 13,385, the overwhelming majority previously few months.
The nation has sentenced two others to suspended jail phrases of 18 months and two years on related fees.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
