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Vietnam deploys troops to enforce lockdown in largest city
A military check point is seen during lockdown amid the coronavirus disease pandemic in Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam
Mon, August 23, 2021, 12:57 AM·2 min read
HANOI (Reuters) -Vietnam deployed soldiers to the streets of Ho Chi Minh City on Monday to help enforce a strict lockdown in the country's biggest urban area and the current epicentre of its worst coronavirus outbreak to date.
After managing to contain COVID-19 for much of last year, Vietnam has recorded a total of 348,000 infections and at least 8,277 fatalities.
Most of those cases have been recorded in Ho Chi Minh City and its surrounding industrial provinces, where the Delta variant of the virus has sent numbers soaring since late April.
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https://news.yahoo.com/vietnam-deploys-troops-enforce-lockdown-045739683.html
A military check point is seen during lockdown amid the coronavirus disease pandemic in Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam
Mon, August 23, 2021, 12:57 AM·2 min read
HANOI (Reuters) -Vietnam deployed soldiers to the streets of Ho Chi Minh City on Monday to help enforce a strict lockdown in the country's biggest urban area and the current epicentre of its worst coronavirus outbreak to date.
After managing to contain COVID-19 for much of last year, Vietnam has recorded a total of 348,000 infections and at least 8,277 fatalities.
Most of those cases have been recorded in Ho Chi Minh City and its surrounding industrial provinces, where the Delta variant of the virus has sent numbers soaring since late April.
more..
https://news.yahoo.com/vietnam-deploys-troops-enforce-lockdown-045739683.html