HANOI (Reuters): Vietnam's worst single-day coronavirus outbreak so far, its first for nearly two months, gatecrashed the Communist Party's carefully choreographed five-yearly congress on Thursday (Jan 28) - a major headache for a government that has prided itself on keeping the pandemic at bay.
After 83 new cases were detected in the northern provinces of Hai Duong and Quang Ninh, the health ministry massively ramped up testing and quarantine calls. It proposed halting all international flights as well as banning all large gatherings ahead of the Lunar New year holiday season, just two weeks away.
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