Vietnam abruptly evacuated 80,000 tourists and locals from a popular coastal city after 11 people tested positive for the coronavirus

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• Vietnam is evacuating 80,000 people from the coastal city of Da Nang after a small coronavirus outbreak was found.
• A total of 15 cases have been confirmed since Saturday, with 11 of them confirmed on Monday. It breaks the country's 99-day streak of having no cases.
• The evacuation is an unusual move. Health authorities in most countries favor keeping people in one place to wait out outbreaks. 
• Vietnam dodged a major coronavirus outbreak by stamping out the virus early on. As of Tuesday, it has recorded 431 cases and no deaths.
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Vietnam abruptly announced plans to evacuate 80,000 people from the coastal city of Da Nang following a new, but small, outbreak of new coronavirus cases.

The first of the new cases was identified on Saturday, ending the country's 99-day streak without any new cases.

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