This general view shows a near-empty motorway in Hanoi on Saturday July 24, 2021, the first day of a government imposed two-week lockdown to stop the spread of the Covid-19. - AFP
HANOI, July 24 (AFP): Vietnam locked down eight million people in Hanoi on Saturday, the latest attempt to curb a serious coronavirus outbreak that has already forced a third of the country to stay home.
Authorities reported more than 7,000 new infections across the nation on Friday -- the third record number of daily infections in a week.
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