A local resident rides her bicycle past a make-shift barricade of brick-stacks and a parked truck to stop unauthorised travel at a neighbourhood in Hanoi on July 30, 2021 amidst the government imposed two-week lockdown to stop the spread of the Covid-19 coronavirus. - AFP
HANOI, Aug 1 (Reuters): Vietnam will accelerate its vaccine rollout in Covid-19 hotspot Ho Chi Minh City and build more field hospitals, authorities said on Thursday, as it battles a worsening wave of infections driven by the virulent Delta variant.
After successfully containing the virus for much of the pandemic, Vietnam has been facing record daily increases in infections since late April.
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