Sent to jail for not following Vietnam's Covid rules

A Vietnamese man was sentenced to jail for five years for violating Covid-19 rules and spreading the virus. The court said that he was guilty of "transmitting dangerous infectious diseases" to eight people, one of whom eventually died. He was sentenced to five years in jail at the end of a one-day trial, and was also fined $880. 

The problem occurred when he travelled by motorcycle from Ho Chi Minh City to his home province Ca Mau in the south of the country. There, authorities discovered that he lied on a health declaration form which asked about his recent travel history, and also failed to comply with isolation rules. 

He was later tested positive for Covid, and was found to have transmitted the virus to members of his family as well as staff at a welfare center which he visited.