Some local businesses in Hai Duong are ready to resume their operations as a result of COVID-19 containment efforts.

Businesses offering wholesale and retail services, hotels, accommodation establishments, restaurants and food stalls will be able resume operations, but must ensure anti-pandemic measures.

Non-essential businesses like bars, karaoke, massage parlors, beauty salons and entertainment facilities will remain off-limits, while festivals, religious activities and crowd gatherings will continue to grind to a halt.

Meanwhile,  schools in some districts of Hai Duong are set to reopen on Thursday, except for those in the quarantine areas.

Hai Duong, the epicenter of Vietnam’s latest COVID-19 community outbreak on January 28 has so far recorded 720 domestically-transmitted cases since the pandemic’s resurgence in late January. More than 1,400 people who have been in close contact with the confirmed cases are being put into isolation in the province and more than 460 have recovered from the virus.