Deputy PM: With public unanimity, Vietnam will win over COVID-19
Hanoi (VNA) – Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam on April 17 said despite numerous hardships, Vietnam will surely win over COVID-19 pandemic if ministries, agencies, localities and the whole people are unanimous.
Chairing a
teleconference with representatives of the 63 provinces and cities of the country to launch anti-pandemic tasks,
Dam, who is also head of the National Steering Committee on COVID-19 Prevention
and Control, said as the epidemic will persist while medicines or vaccines are being invented, the entire country must not lower its guard so as to keep the disease from spreading and to develop the economy at the same time.
He called on the people
nationwide to seriously continue following the appeal by Party General
Secretary and State President Nguyen Phu Trong, directions by the Politburo, the
Party Central Committee’s Secretariat, the Government, the Prime Minister and
the steering committee, as well as
guidelines by the Health Ministry.
Dam said the first
measure is continuing to closely control entry-exit by air, water and
roads, except those with diplomatic, public service and business purposes.
Those suspected of infection must be put under quarantine immediately and at-risk
areas zoned off and sprayed with disinfectants.
In the near future, suitable measures will be applied for different areas and
sectors, he said.
The official highlighted
the need to further classify at-risk groups at the communal, district and even
village levels, which requires daily data update in localities.
In order to have a safe live in the context the pandemic, he reiterated that citizens must wear masks when
going out, keep distance with others, regularly wash hands with soap and
sanitisers, and not gather in crowd areas. They should go to medical establishments
only in necessary cases after consulting with doctors.
As for safe learning,
the Ministry of Education and Training and localities were required to offer
specific measures to each education level.
He also asked for
specific guidelines for safe travelling, production and trade, culture-sport-tourism
activities, as well as ensuring the safety of public administration agencies.
It is necessary to
continue heightening the sense of discipline and responsibility of each individual
and organisation in the effort in the immediate future, Dam said.
Also according to him, it
is time to utilise digital transformation amid the fourth industrial revolution,
including facilitating online meetings, public services, learning, health
check-ups and digital payment./.