HANOI — Nine million people in Ho Chi Minh City have been ordered into lockdown, state media said Wednesday, as the commercial hub struggles to contain Vietnam’s most serious Covid-19 outbreak so far.
Beginning in the early hours of Friday, residents will be mandated to stay at home for two weeks after 8,000 cases were recorded in the city during the latest virus wave.
Prior to this outbreak, which began in late April, fewer than 3,000 cases had been recorded across Vietnam.
Although virus clusters have appeared up and down the country, including in the northern industrial provinces of Bac Ninh and Bac Giang, home to factories supplying Samsung and Foxconn, Ho Chi…
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