Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam at the meeting (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam,head of the National Steering Committee on COVID-19 Prevention and Control, affirmedthe power of all the people throughout the country against the COVID-19 pandemic during a meeting in Hanoi on March 18.
Dam said the prevention and control of the disease over therecent past reflects the sound leadership of the Politburo, the Party CentralCommittee’s Secretariat, the Government, the PM and the steering committee.
He asked ministries, agencies and localities to continue fulfillingassigned tasks to minimise fatalities, including promptly discovering the sourcesof infection, especially from those entering Vietnam in the past 14 days, thuspreventing the further spread in the community.
Due to the complicated developments of the pandemic, herequested classifying high-risk and vulnerable groups such as the elderly, thedisabled and those with existing diseases.
The health sector was urged to enhance personnel trainingand improve the capacity of testing and treatment to meet current demand.
About citizen protection, the Deputy PM noted that theVietnamese living and working abroad need to closely follow instructions in thehost countries.
In case they want to return home, the Party, State andpeople will take necessary measures to ensure their safety, he said, addingthat every citizen needs to follow quarantine and immigration regulations uponreturning to Vietnam.
Speaking at the event, Director of the Defence Ministry’sDepartment of Military Medicine Maj. Gen. Nguyen Xuan Kien said the army hasset up 140 quarantine areas nationwide, capable of receiving 44,718 cases.
Since the onset of the outbreak, over 14,000 out of the morethan 21,300 have completed quarantine, he said, adding that the army is readyto receive nearly 40,000 others if necessary.
Deputy Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Trinh ThiThuy said 104 hospitality providers have registered for paid quarantineservices.
According to the Health Ministry, Vietnam recorded had 68COVID-19 infection cases as of 12:30pm on March 18, 16 of them had fullyrecovered and been discharged from hospitals.
Over 31,600 who had close contacts with patients or travelledthrough affected areas are being quarantined. Fifty-two patients, including 33Vietnamese and 19 foreigners, are being treated at 10 hospitals nationwide./.
Dam said the prevention and control of the disease over therecent past reflects the sound leadership of the Politburo, the Party CentralCommittee’s Secretariat, the Government, the PM and the steering committee.
He asked ministries, agencies and localities to continue fulfillingassigned tasks to minimise fatalities, including promptly discovering the sourcesof infection, especially from those entering Vietnam in the past 14 days, thuspreventing the further spread in the community.
Due to the complicated developments of the pandemic, herequested classifying high-risk and vulnerable groups such as the elderly, thedisabled and those with existing diseases.
The health sector was urged to enhance personnel trainingand improve the capacity of testing and treatment to meet current demand.
About citizen protection, the Deputy PM noted that theVietnamese living and working abroad need to closely follow instructions in thehost countries.
In case they want to return home, the Party, State andpeople will take necessary measures to ensure their safety, he said, addingthat every citizen needs to follow quarantine and immigration regulations uponreturning to Vietnam.
Speaking at the event, Director of the Defence Ministry’sDepartment of Military Medicine Maj. Gen. Nguyen Xuan Kien said the army hasset up 140 quarantine areas nationwide, capable of receiving 44,718 cases.
Since the onset of the outbreak, over 14,000 out of the morethan 21,300 have completed quarantine, he said, adding that the army is readyto receive nearly 40,000 others if necessary.
Deputy Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Trinh ThiThuy said 104 hospitality providers have registered for paid quarantineservices.
According to the Health Ministry, Vietnam recorded had 68COVID-19 infection cases as of 12:30pm on March 18, 16 of them had fullyrecovered and been discharged from hospitals.
Over 31,600 who had close contacts with patients or travelledthrough affected areas are being quarantined. Fifty-two patients, including 33Vietnamese and 19 foreigners, are being treated at 10 hospitals nationwide./.
VNA
