HANOI: Vietnam's Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc said on Monday (Aug 3) that early August would be a decisive period for preventing a large-scale spread of the coronavirus, state broadcaster VTV reported, after a re-emergence 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.
The country of 96 million has confirmed at least 621 infections, with six deaths.
Authorities on Monday reported one new case linked to the central city of Danang, a tourism hot spot where Vietnam's first domestically transmitted case in 100 days was detected on Jul 24.