Pham Duc Hai, Deputy Head of the city’s Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control, speaks at a press conference on August 29. (Photo: VOV)

Pham Duc Hai, Deputy head of the city’s Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control, said at a pressconference on Sunday that lower risk zones must complete 2-phase testing by September 6. 

More than 1.6 million antigen rapid test samples were taken from people in high-risk areas and more than 64,000 people tested positive for the SARS-CoV-2 virus.