COVID-19: lack of vigilance remains in HCM City
Vice Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee Le Thanh Liem on April 9 pointed out that some units and people are failing to remain vigilant during the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.
Thi Nghe market in Ben Thanh district, HCM City, still remains crowed. (Photo: thanhnien.vn)Hanoi (VNA) – Vice Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee Le Thanh Liem on April 9 pointed out that some units and people are failing to remain vigilant during the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.
HCM City has reported no new COVID-19 cases for six consecutive days, from April 4-9, which has led to complacency, he said at a meeting of the city’s Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control.
Given this, Liem ordered districts to continue observing the Prime Minister’s Directive No. 16/CT-TTg on social distancing, especially in crowded places like supermarkets and industrial and processing zones.
Competent authorities need to continue testing people who arrived in Vietnam after March 8 but have yet to be quarantined, while continuing medical quarantine for passengers at the domestic airport terminal and Saigon railway station, he said.
According to the official, HCM City is also inspecting the operation of production facilities, factories and industrial and processing zones to deal with those that do not follow safety regulations.
In this regard, Secretary of the municipal Party’s Committee Nguyen Thien Nhan said on April 8 businesses that failed to ensure complete safety must be closed down.
As of April 9 afternoon, the southern metropolis had confirmed 54 COVID-19 cases, of whom 37 have been discharged from hospital after making a complete recovery, while the remainder are being treated in stable conditions.
A total of 650 people are being monitored at concentrated quarantine areas and 1,114 are under self-quarantine at home./.
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