Vietnam Quarantines Over 10,000 People Amid Coronavirus Outbreak

Villages in Vietnam have were placed under quarantine on Thursday after seven cases of the deadly new coronavirus, also known as COVID-19, were discovered.

Vietnamese residents in line to receive free protective face masks at a makeshift distribution center amid concerns of the Novel Coronavirus outbreak, in Hanoi on Feb. 8, 2020. Manan Vatsyayana/AFP/Getty Images

Villages in Vietnam were placed under quarantine on Thursday after seven cases of the deadly new coronavirus, also known as COVID-19, were discovered there, Vietnamese state-controlled media reported.

Son Loi, a farming region made up of several villages in northern Vietnam about 25 miles northwest of Hanoi, was placed on a lockdown that will last 14 days starting Feb. 13.