A 28-year-old Vietnamese man was sentenced to five years in prison after being convicted of the following crimes Spreading coronavirus Give to eight people after he broke the quarantine.
In early July, the man Le Van Tri was found guilty of “spreading dangerous infectious diseases” when he rode a motorcycle from Ho Chi Minh City to Jin Mao province in southern Vietnam.this British Broadcasting Corporation Report.
The news media stated that Terry was accused of falsely reporting his travel history on the health declaration form and failed to comply with the quarantine regulations, which require anyone entering Jinmao from other provinces to be immediately quarantined for 21 days.
According to the BBC, Terry later tested positive Coronavirus disease And spread the virus to the family and staff of the welfare center he visited. One person eventually died of the virus. After a day of trial, he was sentenced to imprisonment by the court and fined 630 pounds (880 US dollars).
Vietnam has adopted strict restrictions to keep COVID-19 out with relative success until the number of infections surged in June Delta variantThe country has reported more than 530,000 cases of the virus and more than 13,300 COVID-19 deaths, many of which have occurred in the past few months, from Johns Hopkins University Indicated.
Since the beginning of the pandemic, Jin Mao has reported 191 virus cases and 2 deaths, while Ho Chi Minh City has nearly 260,000 cases and 10,685 deaths from COVID-19. Reuters Report.
According to Reuters, two other people were sentenced to prison in Vietnam for spreading the coronavirus. The news media stated that these sentences were sentenced to 18 months and two years probation, serving sentences on the same charges.
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