Deputy health minister fears Tet travel set to cause fresh Covid outbreak

A crowd at Tam Chuc Pagoda in Vietnam's northern Ha Nam Province on February 5, 2022, the fifth day of the new lunar year. Photo by VnExpress/Pham Chieu

The surge in travel during the Lunar New Year (Tet) holidays could result in more Covid-19 infections, especially severe cases, Deputy Minister of Health Nguyen Truong Son warned.

He said Tuesday that the Tet break, which lasted from Jan. 29 to Feb. 6, came at a time when cities and provinces across the country had resumed almost all socio-economic activities.

During the period many people returned to their hometowns or toured, posing a high risk of spread of the virus, especially the Omicron strain, which is more contagious than previous strains, including the Delta, he said.

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