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Vietnam to build three field hospitals in new COVID-19 outbreak site

Published: 28 Jan 2021 - 04:38 pm | Last Updated: 01 Nov 2021 - 08:08 pm
A health worker takes a sample for a coronavirus test from a journalist in preparation for the 13th National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam, which began on January 25, in Hanoi, Vietnam, January 18, 2021. REUTERS/Kham/File Photo

A health worker takes a sample for a coronavirus test from a journalist in preparation for the 13th National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam, which began on January 25, in Hanoi, Vietnam, January 18, 2021. REUTERS/Kham/File Photo

Reuters

HANOI: Vietnam will build three field hospitals in the northern province of Hai Duong after the Southeast Asian country earlier Thursday reported its first locally transmitted COVID-19 infections in nearly two months, the government said.

The government didn't give the size of the field hospitals.