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Leghorn21

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Thu Feb 13, 2020, 01:44 AM Feb 2020

First quarantine of a town outside of China (Vietnam):

BREAKING: Sơn Lôi, a village in northern Vietnam, has
been put on lockdown to prevent the spread of coronavirus





From VN Express:

Vinh Phuc Province has locked down Son Loi Commune in Binh Xuyen District, where seven people have contracted the new coronavirus.

The lockdown, to last 14 days starting on Thursday, is the latest effort by authorities in the northern province to contain the disease after a three-month-old girl tested positive for the virus (nCoV).

According to standing vice chairman Le Duy Thanh, the number of infection cases in Son Loi Commune has been increasing, prompting authorities to increase the number of disease control checkpoints there from five to eight.

Provincial authorities have also established mobile shops and provided food and free face masks to over 10,600 people.


more:
https://e.vnexpress.net/news/news/vietnam-province-isolates-commune-with-seven-coronavirus-patients-4054440.html
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First quarantine of a town outside of China (Vietnam): (Original Post) Leghorn21 Feb 2020 OP
Ran into this earlier - "military prepping...executing plans to prepare for a potential pandemic" Leghorn21 Feb 2020 #1

Leghorn21

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1. Ran into this earlier - "military prepping...executing plans to prepare for a potential pandemic"
Thu Feb 13, 2020, 01:53 AM
Feb 2020

US military prepping for coronavirus pandemic U.S. Northern Command is executing plans to prepare for a potential pandemic of the novel coronavirus, now called COVID19, according to Navy and Marine Corps service-wide messages issued this week.

An executive order issued by the Joint Staff and approved by Defense Secretary Mark Esper this month directed Northern Command and geographic combatant commanders to initiate pandemic plans, which include ordering commanders to prepare for widespread outbreaks and confining service members with a history of travel to China.

The Navy and Marine Corps messages, issued Tuesday and Wednesday, respectively, reference an executive order directing U.S. Northern Command to implement the Department of Defense Global Campaign plan for Pandemic Influenza and Infectious Diseases 3551-13.

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But in no way “does the planning indicate a greater likelihood of an event developing. As military professionals, planning for a range of contingencies is something we owe the American people," Navy Lt. Cmdr. Mike Hatfield said.

more:
https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2020/02/13/us-military-prepping-for-coronavirus-pandemic/

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