Vietnam's biggest city enters two-week coronavirus lockdown

Vietnam's biggest city enters two-week coronavirus lockdown
AFP
17 hrs ago
AFP
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Ho Chi Minh City residents are now barred from gathering in groups larger than pairs in public
Vietnam's economic hub Ho Chi Minh City began a two-week lockdown Friday in the hope to contain the country's worst Covid-19 virus outbreak.
The city of nine million had previously been subjected to travel restrictions for a month but infection rates were steadily rising -- with more than 9,400 cases registered.
Before the outbreak kicked off in late April, Vietnam had recorded fewer than 3,000 cases across the entire country.
Vietnamese authorities are not using the term lockdown but are calling the measures "social isolation orders".

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