VOV.VN - A 62-year-old female patient and a 65-year-old male patient, both in Da Nang hostspot died of serious underlying health conditions and the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), bringing Vietnam’s death toll to eight.

VOV.VN - A 62-year-old COVID-19 female patient in central Da Nang city died of serious underlying health conditions and the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), taking Vietnam’s death toll to seven, the Ministry of Health reported on the morning of August 4.

VOV.VN - Vietnam’s positive COVID-19 cases rose to 652 after the Ministry of Health announced 10 more patients contracted the novel coronavirus on the morning of August 4, with 7 people in central Da Nang city and 3 others in neighboring Quang Nam.

VOV.VN - Da Nang will hire two planes to evacuate more than 400 tourists left stranded in the central city due to the impact of the fresh COVID-19 outbreak, said an official of the Municipal Tourism Department on August 3.

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Health said it has developed scenarios to quarantine all residents of Da Nang, a coronavirus hotspot, at home to prevent the virus further spreading in the community.

VOV.VN - All crowded events and entertainment activities taking place on pedestrian streets in the centre of Hanoi have been halted in a bid to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19).

VOV.VN - Vietnam recorded an additional 21 coronavirus cases in the community on August 3 afternoon, raising the country’s infection tally to 642, the Ministry of Health said in its update.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on August 3 asked for all-out efforts to be made nationwide to handle the fresh coronavirus outbreak in Vietnam, first and foremost in the central city of Da Nang.

VOV.VN - The central city of Da Nang is stepping up construction of a field hospital at the Tien Son Sports Centre in an effort to deal with the fresh COVID-19 outbreak which has recently hit the city.

Many firms have been caught off guard by the sudden spike in new COVID-19 cases, disrupting plans adjusted after the pandemic’s initial impacts.