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Hanoi suspends events amid growing coronavirus fears

Hanoi will suspend many important programmes, meetings and seminars to focus on the fight against the acute respiratory disease caused by the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19), the municipal Party Committee said on March 11.
Hanoi suspends events amid growing coronavirus fears ảnh 1A worker fumigates The Huc Bridge on Hoan Kiem Lake, a tourist attraction in Hanoi (Photo: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) – Hanoi will suspend many importantprogrammes, meetings and seminars to focus on the fight against the acuterespiratory disease caused by the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19), themunicipal Party Committee said on March 11.

The events include a symposium on the 90-year development of thecity’s Party Organisation, a ceremony and an art performance celebrating the foundinganniversary of the municipal Party Organisation, and a meeting of the city’sleaders in different periods.

A photo exhibition on the Party Organisation, a meeting markingthe Party Organisation’s founding anniversary, and the inaugural ceremony ofthe municipal Party Committee’s headquarters will still be organised, but witha smaller scale.

Vietnamhas recorded 35 COVID-19 infection cases so far, of them 16 were dischargedfrom hospitals after their complete recovery, while the remainder are undertreatment./.

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