Infographic: COVID-19 pandemic situation update by localities

VGP - The Ministry of Health (MoH) categorized 23 cities and provinces currently undergoing social distancing rules under the Prime Minister's Directive No. 16 into three groups.

September 14, 2021 10:27 AM GMT+7

The first group comprises eight localities where the COVID-19 pandemic has been put under control based on three criteria: (i) the number of new infections decrease continuously compared to the previous two weeks; (ii) rate of positive cases per total samples tested decreases within 14 consecutive days; and (3) no new COVID-19 clusters are recorded over seven days.

The second group consists of localities which are on the right track in the fight against COVID-19

The third group comprises localities which are required to take more drastic measures to put pandemic under control.

By Huong Giang