Vietnam Military Increasing Isolation Housing to 60,000 Beds

Environment workers disinfect and collect waste from the quarantined area on Truc Bach Street in Hanoi on March 9.Photographer: Linh Pham/Getty Images
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Vietnam’s military is expanding its quarantine facilities to house about 60,000 people by adding as many as 20,000 beds as thousands of Vietnamese return home from virus-hit countries, the government said on its website.