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Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam called on each citizen to uphold responsibility to protect health and even life of himself and surrounding people as the current COVID-19 fight demands 'high-level of focus.'

The last international flight from Germany’s Frankfurt operated by Vietnam Airlines, the only Vietnamese carrier to operate direct flights to European cities, landed at Van Don Airport in northern Quang Ninh Province on Wednesday, carrying 170 passengers.

The U.S., where the first Covid-19 infection occurred on January 23, the same day as in Vietnam, recorded 44,000 cases as of Wednesday, the figure forecast to hit 90,000 by March 30, surpassing China where the epidemic first broke out last December.

"People should stay at home as much as possible. If one needs to go out, wear a mask and maintain distance from other people," Nguyen Duc Chung, Chairman of the Hanoi People's Committee, said Monday.

The Ministry of Transport late Monday sent an urgent dispatch to the Civil Aviation Administration of Việt Nam (CAAV) requesting the suspension of the transport of Vietnamese from foreign countries to Tân Sơn Nhất International Airport in HCM City, starting from 0:00am on March 25.

Viet Nam has reported 118 infection cases, of whom 101, including foreign nationals, have been confirmed since March 6.

PM Phuc ordered closure of nonessential services and minimize mass gatherings and tasked local authorities to go to every alley, every house to seek for people who entered Viet Nam since March 8 and identify those who need to be quarantined or diagnosed due to close contact with them.

Until now, there has been an estimated 140 hotels and resorts in Vietnam which set up quarantine centres for tourists. According to the Department of Tourism, almost all of these centres are two-star facilities located in Danang and Quang Ninh province.