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Vietnam Premier Asks Provinces to Ease Strict Virus Measures
- Country is battling its worst coronavirus outbreak so far
- Some provinces’ rigid measures hitting production: premier
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Vietnam’s Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on Saturday called on local governments to ease overly strict pandemic-prevention measures that affect production and business activity, and prevent the nation from achieving its dual goals of fighting the virus and developing the economy.
Vietnam is currently battling its worst Covid-19 outbreak, with more than 5,600 cases reported in 39 out of 63 provinces and cities since late April. Several centers, including Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, have put social-distancing measures in place to curtail the virus while others have imposed controls on returnees from affected areas, Chinh said in a statement.