COVID-19: Vietnam says it has no plans for widespread lockdown

03 Aug 2020 08:00PMHANOI: Vietnam has no plans for a widespread COVID-19 lockdown and will only put areas considered epicentres under strict quarantine, the government's spokesperson said on Monday .

"We will only implement social distancing in areas considered virus epicentres, and will not pursue a widespread lockdown," Mai Tien Dung told a monthly press conference on Monday.Dung said selective lockdown measures would allow the government to achieve the dual goals of containing the virus and boosting the economy at the same time.

"If there's an infection in a hamlet, we will lock down that hamlet only, not the whole district or the whole province," he said. On Monday, Vietnam reported 21 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the total number of cases in the country to 642.All of the new cases are linked to Danang, a tourism hot spot where Vietnam's first domestically transmitted case in 100 days was detected on Jul 24.

The source of the new outbreak is unclear but it has spread to at least 10 places, including the capital, Hanoi, and the business hub of Ho Chi Minh City

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