Coronavirus: in Vietnam’s Da Nang, locals send cash, food as lockdown hits city’s poorest

When Vietnam went over three months without recording new local cases, people were hopeful that the country was returning to pre-pandemic normalcy. Many had lost their jobs and businesses took a hit as the government announced coronavirus strict social distancing measures, shut its borders, and launched a centralised quarantine system to curb community transmission. Parts of the country began to reopen from May as the measures took effect, but a new wave of infections that hit the central…

from South China Morning Post https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/people/article/3097525/coronavirus-vietnams-da-nang-locals-send-cash-food-lockdown-hits