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VIETNAM on Monday recorded 1,089 cases of Coronavirus, a record daily tally for the country and the first time cases had reached over a thousand since the start of the pandemic.
Ho Chi Minh City, which is under strict virus prevention and social distancing protocols, had emerged as the country’s virus epicentre.
The vast majority of new cases had been recorded in the southern metropolis, the Health Ministry data showed.
Vietnam has been praised internationally for its response to the pandemic, but after a month without any community transmission of the virus, local cases emerged again on April 27, and over 10,000 have been reported since.
The country has vaccinated less than 4 million of its total population of 98 million people.
Vietnam said it expects to receive 120 million vaccine doses in 2021, nearly 39 million of which will be provided through the World Health Organisation’s COVAX initiative.
The Health Ministry also said that 90,000 Pfizer COVID-19 doses, the first sent to the country, would reach Vietnam on Wednesday.
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– July 5, 2021 @ 19:25 GMT |
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