Vietnam Records First COVID-19 Death

Vietnam has recorded its first COVID-19 fatality after a 70-year-old man from Hoi An city succumbed to the disease, reports BBC. The South East Asian country has been praised widely for its response to the pandemic having reported just 509 cases so far according to the COVID-19 database maintained by the Johns Hopkins University.

Update: 2020-07-31 10:14 GMT

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