The Health Ministry confirmed two community transmissions of Covid-19 in the northern provinces of Hai Duong and Quang Ninh Thursday morning. - VnExpress International
Deputy Prime Minister Vũ Đức Đam chaired the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control meeting on the new community cases. Photo from the Ministry of Health HÀ NỘI Two community infections of COVID-19 have been confirmed in Việt Nam, the first local transmissions for almost two months. One of the new cases is linked to a woman who tested positive for the new variant of coronavirus after arriving in Japan to work earlier this week. It has not yet been determined if either of the new detections are the stronger strain of COVID-19, but officials say as there is a connection to the case in Japan, extra precautions should be taken.