Vietnam prepares for 30,000 Covid-19 infections scenario
The resurgence of SARS-CoV-2 coincides with the national holiday sparks fear for widespread community transmission.
The resurgence of SARS-CoV-2 coincides with the national holiday sparks fear for widespread community transmission.
So far, Danang has undergone 25 days of community transmission and the city-linked local infections have exceeded 500.
Health workers in the city are now at high risk of coronavirus transmission.
Hanoi's leaders have vowed to maintain strict measures due to concern about community transmission.
One of the latest cases is a worker at Samsung Display plant in the north of Vietnam.
A longer stay-at-home period is believed to enable Hanoi to better identify infected cases and contain the virus.
Mayor Nguyen Duc Chung said the city has a large number of yet-to-be-detected Covid-19 patients.
Hanoi is entering a more intense phase of the fight against the coronavirus and it challenges the city's efforts if secondary transmission is not well managed.