Vietnam capital short of test kits as national coronavirus cases climb

HANOI: Vietnam reported 28 new COVID-19 infections and two deaths on Tuesday (Aug 4), lifting its total cases to 670, with eight dead, as the capital Hanoi said it was running short of the rapid testing kits being used to keep a new outbreak at bay.

Targeted testing and strict quarantining had helped Vietnam contain earlier outbreaks, but it is battling a new cluster of infections after going more than three months without detecting any domestic transmission.