Vietnam PM orders strict Covid-19 prevention measures amid worsening situation in Ho Chi Minh City

PM Pham Minh Chính leads a Government delegation to inspect Covid-19 prevention and control measures in Ho Chi Minh City on June 26, 2021. - Vietnam News/ANN

HO CHI MINH CITY, June 27 (Vietnam News/ANN): Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính has ordered HCM City to enhance Covid-19 measures, including offering more rapid Covid-19 tests and taking steps to prevent cross-infection in centralised quarantine areas as the more contagious Delta variant continues to spread in the city.

PM Chính, who led a delegation on Saturday to inspect Covid-19 prevention and control measures in the city, said the outbreak remained unpredictable with all city districts reporting locally transmitted cases.