Health workers wearing protective suits collect a blood sample of a resident at a makeshift rapid testing centre in Hanoi on August 1, 2020, as Vietnam records a rise in cases of the Covid-19 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
SINGAPORE, Aug 1 (The Straits Times/ANN): Vietnam recorded its first deaths from the coronavirus on Friday (July 1), as it shuttered bars and suspended events in its biggest cities on Saturday in an effort to contain the threat from Danang, the epicentre of the latest outbreak.
The coastal tourism hub logged 82 new Covid-19 infections yesterday, the single biggest daily increase in coronavirus cases. Many of them were individuals who had been isolated since new community transmissions were first detected last weekend.
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