HANOI, Jan. 9 (Xinhua): Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has ordered strengthening Covid-19 prevention and control in the country as the Lunar New Year is approaching with several festivals expected to be held, Vietnam News Agency reported on Monday.
Though the pandemic has been basically brought under control, it still develops in a complicated way with new variants emerging including XBB, he said in a dispatch issued on Sunday.
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