
The main entrance to Long Bien Market was barricaded this evening (August 1st).

The fence creates a barrier separating the market from the outside traffic, preventing people from freely entering and exiting the market.

Earlier today (August 1st), the Hanoi Department of Health announced that it had recorded an additional 39 positive cases of SARS-CoV-2.

Of these, 4 cases were detected in quarantine areas and 35 cases were detected in the community. Thus, from 6 PM on July 31st to 12 PM on August 1st, the entire city recorded 57 new cases.

Among them, NTC, female, born in 1981, residing at Team 3 Lac Thi, Ngoc Hoi, Thanh Tri; is a shrimp and fish vendor who regularly sources goods from Tam Hiep and Long Bien markets. On July 31st, she underwent a rapid screening test at the Ngoc Hoi Health Station and was suspected positive; a PCR sample was taken and the result was positive.

The patient is a fish and shrimp vendor who regularly sources his supplies from Tam Hiep Market and Long Bien Market.

On July 31st, a rapid screening test at Ngoc Hoi Medical Center was suspected to be positive, and a PCR sample was taken which yielded a positive result.

Upon receiving the report, Long Bien Market set up barricades to prevent vehicles transporting goods from entering and leaving the market.

Because the patient was linked to stalls selling shrimp and fish, the entire area has been cordoned off.

Long Bien Market has three main sections: seafood, vegetables, and fruits. After the main gate was barricaded, all the remaining sections became deserted, lacking the bustling scene of buyers and sellers seen every evening.

Small traders are gathering their goods outside Yen Phu Street because they are not allowed to bring them into the market through the main gate.

Because vehicles are not allowed inside, some vendors selling fruit have to move their goods in over the high wall outside the market.





















