Many Southeast Asian countries have taken various measures to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus since the number of infections have increased in the nations recently.
Twelve localities deemed to have high risk of COVID-19 spread, including Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, will continue to implement social distancing measures under Directive 16 of the Prime Minister to April 22 or 30, or even longer, if infections continue to be detected.
Chairman of the Hanoi Municipal People Committee urged the city's pharmacies to report on people buying medicines for cold, cough and fever in recent days as authorities keep up efforts to find potential "high-risk" COVID-19 infections