Vietnam records its first death in 2021 as local cases keep rising

A health worker wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) conducts a Covid-19 coronavirus swab test on a woman at the Thanh Xuan district medical center in Hanoi on Saturday, May 15, 2021. - AFP

HANOI, May 15 (Bloomberg/Xinhua): Vietnam reported its first death from Covid-19 this year on Saturday.

An 89-year-old woman died after being treated for pneumonia caused by the virus at a Hanoi hospital, according to the health ministry.