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BBC- A Vietnamese man has been sentenced to jail for five years for flouting Covid-19 rules and spreading the virus.<\/b><\/p>

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A court found Le Van Tri guilty of “transmitting dangerous infectious diseases” to eight people, one of whom eventually died.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Until recently Vietnam had been largely successful in keeping Covid out with tight restrictions.<\/p>

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But infections have surged since June, with an outbreak fuelled by the more contagious Delta variant.<\/p>

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The country has seen more than 530,000 cases with more than 13,300 deaths, many of which have occurred the last few months.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Many of those cases have been found in Ho Chi Minh City.<\/p>

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In early July, Tri, 28, had reportedly travelled by motorcycle from Ho Chi Minh City to his home province Ca Mau in the south of the country.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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At Ca Mau, Tri was found to have lied on a health declaration form which asked about his recent travel history, and also failed to comply with isolation rules.<\/p>

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Local authorities at the time had made it mandatory that anyone travelling from other provinces into Ca Mau had to immediately isolate themselves for 21 days.<\/p>

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