Health departments in all 63 cities and provinces are ordered to check testing facilities and encourage people to download the Bluezone contract tracing app. (Illustrative image. Source: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) - ActingMinister of Health Nguyen Thanh Long has urged health departments in all 63 cities and provinces of the country to take all measures possible to prevent the spread ofCOVID-19, which has become more complex with a higher speed of transmission inthe community.
At a virtual meeting with directorsof the health departments on August 5, Long said the ministry has for the firsttime sent officials, professors, and experts to the central region, in particularDa Nang and Quang Nam - the two hotspots at present - to stamp out the diseaseas soon as possible.
The containment of the pandemic is notonly required in Da Nang and Quang Nam but in all cities and provinces throughoutthe country, he said, adding that more efforts are needed to win the fight.
He cited Prime Minister Nguyen XuanPhuc as saying that “Each citizen is a soldier, and each house, hamlet,residential area is a fortress in the fight against the pandemic”.
For the health sector, Long said,each health facility is a fortress and each health worker is a soldier in thefrontlines against the pandemic.
The official urged localities where there areno infections to prepare human resources and facilities in case the diseasespreads widely.
The health departments in all 63 citiesand provinces have been ordered to check testing facilities and encourage peopleto download the Bluezone contract tracing app./.
