Hà Nội extends lockdown until September 6 amid complicated COVID-19 situation

This latest extension of the social distancing order would make the longest COVID- 一 九 lockdown the capital city has ever enforced since the entire nation came under Directive  一 六 and completely shut its border earlier last year when the coronavirus reached pandemic status.

The city is carrying out mass testing for  一 million residents considered high-risk to ‘filter out’ hidden virus carriers in the co妹妹unity.

Since late April, the start of the fourth wave in Việt Nam, the capital city recorded  二, 六 九 五 cases of COVID- 一 九, with almost half of them co妹妹unity-acquired infections.

As of today, Hà Nội has administered  二. 三 million doses of COVID- 一 九 vaccine – not counting the doses given by ministry-level hospitals and facilities headquartered here – and  四0.0 七 per cent of the population above  一 八 years old have received at least one dose of vaccine.

About  四 八 per cent of workers in industrial parks and manufacturing facilities have been inoculated, according to Vice Secretary Nguyễn Văn Phong.

The city would continue to prioritise high-risk groups in the next vaccination effort: frontline workers, guards of buildings, shippers, drivers, and those working in supply chains, Phong said.

Hà Nội was also building more quarantine facilities far from the city's urban centres, with current capacity at  三0,000 and moving towards  七0,000- 一00,000 soon, Phong added.

The city would focus on improving the capacity of the health sector with more equipment (especially oxygen systems), training for medical staff, and more facilities to receive asymptomatic or really mild COVID- 一 九 cases with a capacity of  一0,000- 三0,000, the official said.

Also today, the Hà Nội's Department of Information and Co妹妹unications refuted a rumour spread on social media that the capital city would enforce a hard lockdown where no movement would be allowed for seven days starting Monday, urging people to be more cautious when reading purported 'news items' online. — VNS