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Vietnam has recorded 50 new cases of the coronavirus as it tries to contain its biggest outbreak since the beginning of the pandemic.
Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam reassured citizens on Friday and said that the outbreak would be contained in eight days.
Vietnam faces a significant spread of Covid-19 linked to a strain of the virus that originated in Britain, and Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc organised a meeting on Friday to discuss how to control it.
Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam, head of Vietnam s coronavirus task force, told ministry leaders in Hanoi s National Convention Centre that 50 extra cases had been recorded in the provinces of Hai Duong and Quang Ninh as of Friday afternoon.
2021-01-28 13:06:18 GMT2021-01-28 21:06:18(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
HANOI, Jan. 28 (Xinhua) Vietnam on Thursday reported 91 new cases of COVID-19 infection, including seven imported and 84 locally transmitted, the highest daily increase since the pandemic hit the country, according to its Ministry of Health.
The imported cases included one foreigner and six Vietnamese citizens who recently entered the country from abroad and were quarantined upon arrival, said the ministry.
The locally transmitted cases included 73 recorded in northern Vietnam s Hai Duong province and 11 in the northern Quang Ninh province. Among them, two were confirmed in the morning, with one in each province, before 82 of their related contacts were later confirmed to have tested positive for the virus.
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Smog pervades the atmosphere of Hanoi. Photo: Xuan Long / Tuoi Tre
Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has required the Ministry of Resources and Environment to probe and report on the realistic implementation of a new motorcycle emissions standard in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, which involves the elimination of obsolete and dilapidated motorbikes from the streets.
The premier issued a directive on air quality monitoring, which mentioned the heightening scale and intensity of air pollution in major cities, most notably Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, which undermined socio-economic development as well as public health.
Amid global and regional crises sparked by COVID-19, natural disasters and geopolitical changes, Vietnam has continued to show marked success in the fight against the pandemic and in economic growth, mainly due to strong political will and drastic measures by government and citizens, according to foreign organizations and experts. The country’s upcoming change in leadership, after the 13
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