At the meeting (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – Deputy Health Minister Nguyen Thanh Long on February14 required localities nationwide to strictly take quarantine measures againstsuspected novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases and those returning fromdisease-hit areas or contacting with patients, in effort to control thespreading of the outbreak.
During a meeting ofthe national steering committee for prevention and control of the disease, whichtook place under the chair of the committee’s head, Deputy Prime Minister VuDuc Dam, Long said relevant authorities are expanding quarantine for cases thatare easy to catch the disease.
Meanwhile, DeputyMinister of Education and Training Nguyen Huu Do stated that schools are readyto welcome back students after two weeks off.
According to him,measures have been taken to sterilise classrooms, learning tools and furniture,and courses on preventive measures organised for school staff.
To ensure absolute safetyfor students, Do suggested schools collect ideas of students’ families to reachhigh consensus.
Speaking at the event,Deputy PM Dam asked the education ministry to ensure health and absolute safetyfor students when they return to schools, adding students’ health and safetyremain the first priority.
The official also stressed that as special attention must be paid to publicconsensus, ministries, sectors and localities must carefully consider theresumption of schooling, while continuing the prevention and control of thedisease.
As of February 14afternoon, Vietnam recorded 16 COVID-19 infection cases, 11 of them live in thenorthern province of Vinh Phuc./.
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