Video: People returned from Da Nang undergoing Covid-19 rapid test
Hanoians who have just returned from Da Nang, where the first locally-transmitted Covid-19 case was detected last week, underwent rapid testing for Covid-19.
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After Da Nang detected the first locally-transmitted Covid-19 case last week, Hanoians who have just returned from this city underwent rapid testing for Covid-19.
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