Silent city: A man riding a scooter along a quiet street in Ho Chi Minh City, which has tightened restrictions to contain a surge of Covid-19 cases. — AP
MORE than 10 million residents of Ho Chi Minh City have been placed under a strict overnight curfew, in an unprecedented move to curb infections as Vietnam battles a rapid Covid-19 surge.
After successfully containing limited coronavirus outbreaks last year, the communist country is now recording increasing infections and deaths fuelled by the highly contagious Delta variant.
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