July 19, 2021
Hanoi has seen only over 400 cases since May.
Reuters
HANOI - Vietnam's capital Hanoi urged its citizens to stay at home from Monday (July 19) and ordered a halt to all non-essential services due to new clusters of Covid-19 infections in recent days, the authorities said on Sunday (July 18).
The city, which had already halted indoor restaurant service and closed salons as well as gyms, also stopped rail and bus passenger services to and from provinces in the south which have seen the biggest increases.
Hanoi has seen only over 400 cases since May, compared with more than 50,000 across the country, but authorities had already imposed restrictions on several parts of the city after the discovery of new outbreaks.