Over the weekend, officials warned of a new "very dangerous" hybrid variantdiscovered in the country. The government says the new variant combines features of the variants first identified in India and the UK, and is easily transmissible by air. Overall, the country has registered just over 7,000 infections and 47 deaths, but the latest spike accounts for more than half of the total number of cases. The latest outbreak in Ho Chi Minh City is centred around a Christian mission which had seen at least 125 positive cases, and accounts for most of the city's infections. Those living in the vicinity of the cluster have already been tested and are in lockdown.
mandag 31. mai 2021
Ho Chi Minh: Vietnam to test entire city amid new variant fears
Vietnam hopes to tackle a new Covid outbreak by testing the entire population of Ho Chi Minh City and introducing new social distancing measures. The efforts come in response to a new cluster linked to a religious mission. Vietnam has had relative success in controlling the virus but cases have been rising over the past weeks.
Over the weekend, officials warned of a new "very dangerous" hybrid variantdiscovered in the country. The government says the new variant combines features of the variants first identified in India and the UK, and is easily transmissible by air. Overall, the country has registered just over 7,000 infections and 47 deaths, but the latest spike accounts for more than half of the total number of cases. The latest outbreak in Ho Chi Minh City is centred around a Christian mission which had seen at least 125 positive cases, and accounts for most of the city's infections. Those living in the vicinity of the cluster have already been tested and are in lockdown.
Over the weekend, officials warned of a new "very dangerous" hybrid variantdiscovered in the country. The government says the new variant combines features of the variants first identified in India and the UK, and is easily transmissible by air. Overall, the country has registered just over 7,000 infections and 47 deaths, but the latest spike accounts for more than half of the total number of cases. The latest outbreak in Ho Chi Minh City is centred around a Christian mission which had seen at least 125 positive cases, and accounts for most of the city's infections. Those living in the vicinity of the cluster have already been tested and are in lockdown.
