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Students at Trưng Vương High School in Ho Chi Minh City's District 1 queue for temperature checks before entering class on Friday (Dec 31, 2021). - Vietnam News/ANN
HANOI, Dec. 31 (Xinhua): Vietnam reported 16,515 new Covid-19 cases on Friday, including 16,476 locally transmitted and 39 imported, according to its Ministry of Health.
The Vietnamese capital Hanoi remained the locality with the highest number of infections with 1,914 cases, followed by southern Vinh Long province with 1,080 cases and southern Ca Mau province with 1,063 cases.
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