Vietnam to extend lockdown throughout southern region amid soaring COVID-19 cases

Record ID: 1630022

  • Title: Vietnam to extend lockdown throughout southern region amid soaring COVID-19 cases
  • Date: 2nd August 2021
  • Summary: HANOI, VIETNAM (AUGUST 2, 2021) (REUTERS) EMPTY INTERSECTION IN CENTRAL HANOI COVID-19 POSTER NEXT TO STATUE OF WAR MARTYRS VARIOUS OF CLOSED TEMPLE MAN WALKING PAST CLOSED SHOPS CLOSED COFFEE SHOPS CLOSED HSBC AND KFC STORES CLOSED LOUIS VUITTON STORE CLOSED SHOP NOTICE SECURITY PERSONNEL SEATED AND LOOKING ON ROWS OF CLOSED SHOPS MAN WALKING PAST ROWS OF CLOSED SHOPS VIETNAMESE NATIONAL FLAG CLOSED PAINTING EXHIBITION PEOPLE RIDING MOTORBIKES VARIOUS OF RICKSHAW DRIVER SEATED WITH BOTTLE OF DRINK LOOKING ON VARIOUS OF MAN SITTING AT FRONT OF SHOP VARIOUS OF EMPTY TOURIST ATTRACTIONS AND SHOPS IN HANOI OLD QUARTER HANOI, VIETNAM (RECENT - JULY 26, 2021) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF ARMY TRUCKS SPRAYING DISINFECTANT ON THE STREETS
  • Embargoed: 16th August 2021 10:00
  • Keywords: COVID-19 Hanoi Ho Chi Minh Vietnam checkpoint lockdown
  • Location: HANOI, HO CHI MINH CITY, VIETNAM
  • City: HANOI, HO CHI MINH CITY, VIETNAM
  • Country: Vietnam
  • Topics: Asia / Pacific,Health/Medicine
  • Reuters ID: LVA002EOL56BR
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: Vietnam from Monday (August 2) extended strict curbs on movement in its business hub Ho Chi Minh City and another 18 cities and provinces throughout its south for another two weeks to help combat its worst COVID-19 outbreak, the government said.
    After successfully containing the virus for much of the pandemic, Vietnam is facing a rapid spread of infections that has led to movement restrictions in around one-third of the country. It has registered a total of 145,000 cases and 1,306 deaths, 85% of which were recorded over the past month.
    Ho Chi Minh City is currently Vietnam's epicentre, accounting for 64% of the country's total infections.
    The city recorded its first death from COVID-19 on June 2, but its total deaths reached 1,164 on Saturday, data from Ho Chi Minh City Centers for Disease Control and Prevention showed.
    In addition, in the capital Hanoi in the north, where a lockdown order will expire next weekend, authorities were considering the extension of current restrictions.
    Vietnam has a population of 98 million and has so far administered over 5.9 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine, but only around 589,000 people have been fully inoculated.
    (Production: Minh Nguyen)
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