Fresh outbreak in Vietnam grows to 82, company closed

28/1/2021 19:38

        Vietnam reported 82 new coronavirus cases on Thursday, hours after confirming the first two infections in nearly two months.
        
        Seventy-two of the cases came from an electronic company in Hai Duong province, where a 34-year-old female employee tested positive after her colleague was found to carry the virus from Osaka, Japan, several days earlier, the Health Ministry said.
        
        It said the woman who was tested in Japan carried the U.K. variant, which could spread faster.
        
        The company with over 2,200 workers was closed for disinfection and the provincial authority locked down surrounding communities to curb the outbreak.
        
        The ministry said over 3,000 people in the area will be tested.