Vietnam: 12 more Covid-19 cases as 800,000 tourists have left Danang

People observe social distancing while waiting to be tested at a makeshift rapid testing centre in Hanoi on Saturday Aug 1, 2020, as Vietnam records a rise in cases of the coronavirus. Vietnam recorded its first coronavirus death on July 31, state media reported, as the pandemic rebounds in a country previously been praised for stubbing out the contagion. - AFP

HANOI, Aug 1 (Reuters): Vietnam's health ministry on Saturday reported 12 new local Covid-19 (coronavirus) cases linked to the recent outbreak in the central city of Danang, taking total infections in the country to 558, with three deaths.

Vietnam has detected new coronavirus cases in other cities, including Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, since its first locally transmitted infections in more than three months were reported in Danang.