Vietnam jails flight attendant for breaking coronavirus quarantine rules that caused thousands to be tested,


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HANOI (REUTERS) - A court in Vietnam handed a two-year suspended jail term to a Vietnam Airlines flight attendant on Tuesday (March 30) after finding him guilty of breaking Covid-19 quarantine rules and spreading the virus to others, police said. Duong Tan Hau, 29, was convicted of "spreading dangerous infectious diseases" at the one-day trial at the People's Court of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam's Ministry of Public Security said in a statement. Vietnam has been praised for its efforts to contain the virus through mass testing and tracing and strict centralised quarantining. It has recorded fewer than 2,600 Covid-19...