HANOI (Reuters): Vietnam's health ministry issued an urgent appeal on Friday (July 30) for private hospitals to treat Covid-19 patients as the South-East Asian country battles a surge in infections driven by the highly contagious Delta variant.
After successfully containing the virus for much of the pandemic, Vietnam has been facing record daily increases in infections since late April. The country has detected a total of 133,000 cases, 85% of which were recorded over the past month.
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