Wednesday’s tally of 43 became one of the highest daily spikes in local cases in Việt Nam since the beginning of the pandemic. One of the new patients is a one-year-old child, and another a police officer who was at guarding a COVID-19 case at Đà Nẵng Hospital.

As many as 207 hotels with more than 23,000 beds in 25 cities and provinces across Việt Nam have registered to provide paid quarantine services, according to the Việt Nam National Administration of Tourism.

The city must prepare facilities and human resources for at least 50 new COVID-19 cases, HCM City Party Committee secretary Nguyễn Thiện Nhân said at a recent meeting with the Steering Board for COVID-19 prevention and control.