Vietnam reports first local Covid-19 cases in 35 days; cases of Indian Covid variant also reported

A family wears protective masks as they ride a motorbike in the street amid the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) outbreak in Hanoi, Vietnam. The country reported its first local case in 35 days on Thursday night (April 20, 2021). - Reuters

HANOI, April 30 (Reuters/AFP): Vietnam said has announced that it had detected its first locally transmitted cases of the coronavirus in 35 days, as authorities ordered tighter surveillance to prevent a new outbreak.

Four members of a family in northern Ha Nam province and one person in southern Ho Chi Minh City were infected, the health ministry said, having all been in contact with an individual who had returned from Japan and tested positive, despite clearing quarantine.