Vietnam PM says early August 'decisive time' to avert large-scale virus spread
Monday, August 03, 2020, 14:37 GMT+7
HANOI -- Vietnam’s Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc said on Monday that early August would a decisive period for preventing a large-scale spread of the coronavirus, state broadcaster VTV reported, after a reemergence of the virus after more than three months.
“We have to deploy full force to curb all known epicentres, especially those in Danang,” VTV quoted Phuc as telling a meeting of government officials, referring to the city where the virus reappeared recently.
“Early August will be the decisive time within which to stop the virus from spreading on a large scale.”
Phuc said this current wave of infection could have a more “critical impact” than the previous one and ordered officials to both contain the spread and maintain supply chains, the report said.
