The Ministry of Health (MoH) confirmed an additional 49 locally transmitted cases in Vietnam over the past six hours, including 46 cases in Bac Giang, the country’s largest coronavirus hotspot.
Vietnam records 49 more local Covid cases
By Le Nga  May 29, 2021 | 01:12 pm GMT+7
Vials contain swab samples for Covid-19 testing in HCMC, May 27, 2021. Photo by VnExpress/Huu Khoa.
Vietnam recorded 49 local Covid-19 cases Saturday noon in four localities, with Tay Ninh Province bordering HCMC added to the list.
46 cases were recorded in Bac Giang and one each recorded in Tay Ninh, Dien Bien and Hanoi s locked down National Hospital for Tropical Diseases.
All the cases in the northern Bac Giang Province are associated with outbreaks at the province s industrial parks, while the rest of the cases have made contact with existing coronavirus patients.
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