Vietnam tightens health regulations as five more Omicron infections reported in southern city

A container ship cruises along the Saigon river in Ho Chi Minh City on December 3, 2021. - AFP

HANOI, Jan 2 (Xinhua): Five people arriving in Vietnam's southern Ho Chi Minh City from abroad have tested positive for Omicron variant of coronavirus, bringing the total infections of the type to 20, Vietnam News Agency has reported.

All these people were immediately quarantined upon arrival on Dec. 20-25, 2021, the news agency cited the Ho Chi Minh City Center for Disease Control as saying.