Hai Phong has decided to scrap the Hoa Phuong Do (Red Flamboyant Flower) Festival, the Cat Ba Fishery Festival and the Do Son Tourism Festival, along with a meeting on the occasion of the 65th anniversary of its liberation. (Photo: VNA) Hai Phong (VNA) – The northern port city of Hai Phongplans to spend 1 trillion VND (43 million USD) to tackle the fallout of thecoronavirus outbreak, with a scenario of 1,000 confirmed infection cases.
This was agreed at an unusual meeting of the municipal People’sCouncil on March 12 that was convened to adopt a resolution on some tasks andmeasures to combat COVID-19, and stabilise the city’s socio-economic situation.
Hai Phong will firstly spend more than 126.7 billion VNDpurchasing equipment, chemicals and face masks in service of the diseasecombat.
Each person in concentrated quarantine centres will receive 65,000VND and each in quarantine areas will get 45,000 VND per day.
The city has also decided to scrap the Hoa Phuong Do (RedFlamboyant Flower) Festival, the Cat Ba Fishery Festival and the Do Son Tourism Festival,along with a meeting on the occasion of the 65th anniversary of its liberation.
According to Pham Thu Xanh,Director of the municipal Health Department, as of March 12, no COVID-19 caseshad been recorded in the city. More than 1,400 people are being monitored inconcentrated quarantine centres in the locality./.
VNA
