but new infections have been detected in recent days — mostly in danang. spread to six provinces. the death of two people comes as officials have closed bars and restaurants across the country and suspended large gatherings. here's our south east asia correspondentjonathan head. vietnam was able to get its covid—i9 infections under control very quickly after they started coming into the country in february. it has proved itself one of the most efficient. it hasn't done it through mass testing, it has done it through extremely rigorous contact tracing, massive public education, getting the whole population on board. it helps that it is effectively a communist—run country. the government is very strong, the local authorities are very strong, people do what they're told, but it has worked. and because they've had no deaths and were almost unique in a country this size, having so few figures, such small numbers and no deaths, they did put that tremendous effort into keeping stephen cameron alive, really against the odds — nobody else thought he would survive.

if you have had no vocal infections for that long, where did these people, three of them from danangrom? and where did they get their covid—19 from ? and that where did they get their covid—19 from? and that is the worry. just like vietnam, hong kong was praised for its early handling of the virus. on monday though it reported 145 new cases — that's a record. the reaction‘s been swift. from wednesday, dining in restaurants will be banned, only two people from different households can meet each other, and facemasks must be worn in all public places. these residents are in support. well, i think it's the best decision for everyone to keep healthy. this system that we have to do right now so i think we need to follow all the rules and guides. well it seems hong kong cases are getting worse. there are a lot more cases become a bit more worried. i think having this new restriction is like when time isn't it? just start it — let's do it early and then end it early. next the philippines — president duterte has used his annual state address to outline his plan for post covid recovery — this

if you have had no local infections for that long, where did these people, three of them from danang pilot who spent more than two months on a ventilator in vietnam because of covid—19 has been talking to the bbc. here's stephen cameron with the bbc‘s oliver barnes. i had multiple blood clots. i had renalfailure. i had another couple of organs failing me. my lungs were down to 10% capacity at one stage. i've been told that i was asia's sickest patient. vietnam has yet to record a single death from coronavirus. stephen came close to dying than anyone else and keeping him alive became a matter of national pride. within a few days of his first flight, he was on a ventilator with severe covid—19. after 114 days, he left hospital as a celebrity. the vast majority of the country knew about patient 91, which i — was my moniker. when we went through the lobby, it must‘ve been about ten deep with people. everybody had their phones out, even doctors, nurses in the different wards that we went past. and when i got into the back of the ambulance, when we were getting driven away, there was traff

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vietnam's prime minister has ordered the city of danang to go he into strict lockdown — earlier thiseen 30 confirmed infections in danang since the weekend, as well as new cases in the country's biggest cities hanoi and ho chi minh city. the prime minister says every part of the country is now at risk of seeing infections and warned that this wave of coronavirus is different to the one in march. now it's time for a look at the weather with carole... hello again. for many of us today it is mostly dry and with lighter winds it will feel warmer than yesterday. the rain continues to ease across the northern isles but you will be left with a lot of cloud. for much of the british isles we are looking at some sunny spells, sometimes large areas of cloud with the cloud building in the midlands and wales through the afternoon, head of some rain coming infor afternoon, head of some rain coming in for the west of wales and northern ireland by the end of the afternoon. the rain continues to push northwards and eastwards overnight. the far north of scotland, the far south of england, having clear

danang is in central vietnam. cities and provinces in vietnam. this causes a concern because still now the authorities cannot trace when i trace the source of the new strains of coronavirus beds in the country. the health ministry says that it's important from outside vietnam. they haven't been reporting any kind of coronavirus in the virus in vietnam before. they are very afraid of it. also they cannot find the patient zero. they still cannot trace the source of the coronavirus. it's part of the concern people in the country and it spread very very fast. a big story developing in turkey. in ankara parliament has passed a new law giving the government sweeping new powers over social media platforms. firms with more than a million users in turkey must set up local offices and must comply with requests to remove content that the government deems offensive. if they don't comply, they face fines of up to 7$00,000, which probably won't hurt too much — and have their data speeds cut by 95%, which might. president erdoga

vietnam's health ministry says there have been 30 confirmed infections in danang since the weekend, asys every part of the country is now at risk of seeing infections random blood tests carried out by the municipal authorities in india's financial capital, mumbai, suggest that 57% of people living in the city's crowded slums have had the coronavirus. the comparable figures for those who do not live in slums are much lower. mumbai is one of the world's largest cities and a very large portion of the population live in slums. the heritage conservation organisation, national trust, has announced spending cuts and redundancies due to "unprecedented losses" caused by the cornavirus pandemic. the trust expects to lose up to £200 million this year you're watching bbc news. now it's time for a look at the weather with darren bett. hello there, it's a little bit warmerfor hello there, it's a little bit warmer for us hello there, it's a little bit warmerfor us today, hello there, it's a little bit warmer for us today, the winds not quite as strong and for many areas it is still dry out there, alt

authorities in vietnam are evacuating 80 thosand local tourists from the port city of danang after fourcedented in vietnam which took dramatic action at the start of the covid—19 problem back injanuary, they have a long border with china and was acutely aware of its vulnerabilities and instituted some extremely rigorous contact tracing, quarantining entire communities where the virus is recorded. vietnam has been praised for that kind of drastic action, may be only possible ina drastic action, may be only possible in a one—party state. it has in fact got one of the best records on covid—19, onlyjust over 400 cases in total. no deaths at all until now and it had had, until these latest cases, over three months with no local transmissions at all. that kind of drastic action has worked for vietnam. they have to figure out now that having got the record so successful and having had no infections were so long, given that their borders are in effect are sealed, very few foreigners are allowed in and those that did not come ina allowed in and those that did not come in a very tightly controlle

vietnam's prime minister has ordered the city of danang to go into strict lockdown — earlier this week there have been 30 confirmed infections in danang since the weekend, as well as new cases in the country's biggest cities hanoi and ho chi minh city. the prime minister says every part of the country is now at risk of seeing infections and warned that this wave of coronavirus is different to the one in march. advising hospitals in england to discharge thousands of patients into care homes at the start of the pandemic, without knowing if they had coronavirus, has been described as "reckless" by mps. the public accounts committee said the policy continued even when it was clear that a problem was emerging. the labour mp meg hillier, who chairs the committee, says that was a mistake. they wanted to discharge people from hospital who they described as medically fit, but that didn't include having a covid test, so people were being discharged to care homes with covid—19. and as we know, sadly, it spread and killed people in care homes. and this is something that, you know, wasn't properly

but new infections have been detected in the last week or so, mostly in danang, and has since spreads have begun to tighten restrictions on movement, closed bars and restaurants across the country and suspended large gatherings. jonathan head is our south east asia correspondent, and joins me now. i remember when i first heard about patient 91 and the huge pride in vietnam at the efforts of the doctors and nurses who kept this british pilot alive, to the point he was able to return to the uk. the treatment, this must be a real blow to the country, news of this death? it is, because vietnam was able to get its covid—19 infection is under control very quickly after they started coming into the country in february, it has proved itself one of the most efficient, not through mass testing but extremely rigorous contact tracing, massive public education, getting the whole population on board, it helps effectively communist run, the government and authorities are very strong, people do what they are told, but it has worked. they are almost unique in a country the size of having such small n