Vietnam 報告(する)/憶測s first coronavirus deaths after months of successful 抑制(する)s

By Phuong Nguyen and Khanh Vu

HANOI, July 31 (Reuters) - Vietnam 記録,記録的な/記録するd its first two deaths from COVID-19 on Friday after winning plaudits 世界的な for one of the most successful 国家の 返答s to the pandemic.

The country of 96 million had gone 100 days without 感染 before an 予期しない cluster of new 事例/患者s of unknown origin surfaced in the popular central 訴える手段/行楽地 city of Danang a week ago.

A 70-year-old man became Vietnam's first fatality from COVID-19 早期に on Friday, followed hours later by a 61-year-old man, the health 省 said. Both appear to have 契約d the 病気 in Danang.

The health 省 also 報告(する)/憶測d 82 new 感染s, 26 of which were 輸入するd, 場内取引員/株価 the Southeast Asian country's biggest 選び出す/独身-day jump. The total number of 事例/患者s now stands at 546.

Hanoi started 集まり coronavirus 実験(する)ing on Thursday. By noon on Friday, 21,732 people had been 実験(する)d in the 資本/首都, the Hanoi Centre for 病気 支配(する)/統制する said. Around 21,000 実験(する)d 消極的な, it said, without (a)手の込んだ/(v)詳述するing.

Hanoi on Thursday also banned large 集会s and 勧めるd tens of thousands of 国内の travellers to 報告(する)/憶測 to 当局. It shut 妨げる/法廷,弁護士業s and nightclubs, 延長するing those 終結s to street food 立ち往生させるs and karaoke lounges from midnight on Friday.

Late on Friday, Hanoi 当局 said restaurants and supermarkets could remain open but must 器具/実施する social-distancing 対策.

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The most 最近の 事例/患者s were linked to three hospitals and two clinics in Danang, によれば the health 省, which 夜通し sent a 仕事 軍隊 of health 専門家s, along with more than 1,000 health 労働者s, to the city.

The 仕事 軍隊 含むs 65 health 専門家s who had 以前 helped fight coronavirus at other epicentres in Vietnam, the 省 said.

当局 in Danang are building a 1,000-bed field hospital to 緩和する the 重荷(を負わせる) on the city's hospitals, four of which are under lockdown followin g a 一連の 事例/患者s there.

Some 専門家s say Vietnam could be 支払う/賃金ing for complacency after its 初期の success stopping the ウイルス, with normal service quickly 再開するing, 直面する masks used いっそう少なく and 国内の travel 殺到するing.

Danang had been inundated with 訪問者s taking advantage of 昇進/宣伝s to revitalise a 観光旅行,事業 部門 傷つける by 国境 終結s and international flight 禁止(する)s. The 現在の wave is traced to Danang, but the source is 不明瞭な.

In 新規加入 to what public health 専門家s said was a "textbook" pandemic 返答, 共産主義者-支配するd Vietnam had earned 全世界の 賞賛する for its 開いていること/寛大 and transparency.

But articles 報告(する)/憶測ing the death of the 70-year-old man published on the websites of several 明言する/公表する マスコミ 出口s on Friday afternoon were 最初 削除するd or moved その上の 負かす/撃墜する the 前線 page.

Some 出口s published new articles すぐに afterwards which said the man had died from a heart attack and underlying illnesses, 同様に as COVID-19. (報告(する)/憶測ing by Phuong Nguyen and Khanh Vu 令状ing by James Pearson Editing by Ed Davies, Shri Navaratnam and Gareth Jones)

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