Residents wait to be tested at a makeshift rapid testing centre as Vietnam records a rise in cases of the coronavirus in Hanoi. Vietnam reported 28 new virus infections and two deaths on Tuesday, lifting its total cases to 670, with eight dead, as the capital Hanoi said it was running short of the rapid testing kits being used to keep a new outbreak at bay. - AFP
HANOI, Aug 4 (Reuters): Vietnam reported 28 new Covid-19 infections and two deaths on Tuesday, bringing total cases to 670, with eight dead, as the capital Hanoi said it lacked the rapid testing kits it needs to continue mass screening for cases amid a new outbreak.
Targeted testing and strict quarantining had helped Vietnam contain earlier outbreaks, but it is now battling new infections after going more than three months without domestic transmission.
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