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HANOI (Reuters) - Vietnam reported 28 new COVID-19 infections and two deaths on Tuesday, bringing total cases to 670, with eight dead, as the capital Hanoi said it lacked the rapid testing kits it needs to continue mass screening for cases amid a new outbreak. FILE PHOTO: FILE PHOTO: A…

Vietnam has placed a second city into lockdown due to a rise in coronavirus infections after being virus free for months. The pandemic has spread across the country over the past two weeks, including in three cities. More than 600 people are infected and six have died. Al Jazeera's Raheela…

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A man wears a protective mask as he drives past a banner promoting prevention against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Hanoi, Vietnam July 31, 2020. REUTERS/KhamHANOI (Reuters) - Vietnam’s health ministry on Monday reported one new local coronavirus case linked to the recent outbreak in central city Danang, bringing the…

A man wears a protective mask as he drives past a banner promoting prevention against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Hanoi, Vietnam July 31, 2020. REUTERS/KhamHANOI (Reuters) - Vietnam’s health ministry on Monday reported one new local coronavirus case linked to the recent outbreak in central city Danang, bringing the…

Urging international communities to tackle Chinese oppression, Indian, Tibetan, Vietnamese and Taiwanese diaspora took part in a protest against China in Toronto on Saturday. The protest was organised by Canada-Hong Kong Link, Bangladesh Minority Rights Alliance, Indian, Tibetan, Vietnamese and Taiwanese diaspora.The demonstrators were seen holding flags of the US,…

Mexico now has the third most Covid-19 deaths in the world, behind the United States and Brazil, while former success story Vietnam is struggling to control an outbreak spreading in its most famous beach resort. China reported a more than 50 per cent drop in newly confirmed cases in a…

Mexico now has the third most COVID-19 deaths in the world, behind Brazil and the United States, where a hurricane bearing down on the East Coast on Saturday is threatening to complicate efforts to contain the virus. Hurricane Isaias’ imminent arrival forced the closure of some outdoor testing sites even…

Reuters reports that Vietnam's Health Ministry reported the country's second Covid-19 death late on Friday.The 61-year-old man died Friday afternoon at a hospital in Danang city, where Vietnam last week detected its first domestically transmitted coronavirus infections in more than three months, the ministry said in a statement.The country, which…

HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — A second person died of coronavirus complications in Vietnam, officials said Saturday, a day after the country recorded its first death from the virus, while more than two dozen new cases were confirmed.Both men died in a hospital in Da Nang, a hot spot with more…