Ho Chi Minh City on July 3 carried out Covid-19 testing on over 100,000 students and supervisors who are going to take part in the 2021 National High School Graduation Examination.
Students get Covid-19 tests in Ho Chi Minh City on July 3
Some 120,000 students in Ho Chi Minh City will join in the exams which is scheduled from July 6-8. All the students and supervisors who take part in the exams here have been required to have Covid-19 tests as the outbreak is spreading widely in the area.
According to a requirement issued by the municipal Department of Education and Training, students who have Coronavirus positive results or fail to get the virus tests as well as those who reside in locked-down areas will take the exams later.
Ho Chi Minh City is now the country's biggest virus hotspot. Local authorities have admitted that the virus fight in the city is facing great challenges as more chains of transmission of unknown origin have been uncovered, and many cases are asymptomatic.
As of Saturday noon, Ho Chi Minh City has recorded 5,187 infection cases since the new outbreak occurred in the country on April 27
According to the Ministry of Education and Training, localities nationwide have been actively preparing for the 2021 National High School Graduation Examination, while designing feasible plans to organise the exam in the context of the pandemic, ensuring it takes place safely and seriously.
