FIFTEEN people, including a seven-year-old boy, have been found inside a refrigerated truck in Vietnam after they tried to escape areas of the south badly hit by Covid-19, state media said.
Vietnam has been battling a devastating fourth wave of the virus since April and millions of people are under stay-at-home orders, with domestic travel largely forbidden.On Sunday, police in Binh Thuan province discovered the group of 15 inside a vehicle that had aroused suspicion as it tried to pass a virus checkpoint on its way north, Ho Chi Minh City’s Phap Luat online newspaper said.
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