VietnamExpress-May 5

Police in the northern province of Ha Nam on Tuesday launched a criminal investigation into a coronavirus patient that ignored self-isolation protocol and caused an outbreak.Police are looking at a possible charge of “spreading dangerous infectious diseases in humans,” which carries a punishment of up to 12 years in prison.

“Patient 2899,” 28-year-old Nguyen Van Dai, is a migrant worker who returned from Japan on April 7. Following his mandatory 14-day quarantine, he returned to his hometown in Quan Nhan Village of Dao Ly Commune in the northern province’s Ly Nhan District on April 22, where he was supposed to continue self-isolation for another 14 days. Neglecting the latter, he attended several crowded festivities, authorities said. His actions had allegedly caused a coronavirus outbreak in Ha Nam, which eventually spread to several other localities, ending Vietnam’s streak of zero community transmissions in around a month.

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