Vice Chairman of the Hanoi municipal People’s Committee Chu Xuan Dung speaks at the meeting (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – Vice Chairman of theHanoi municipal People’s Committee Chu Xuan Dung has required departments, agencies,mass organisations and people to continue seriously comply with the PrimeMinister and municipal authorities’ instructions on strengthening COVID-19prevention and control.
During a meeting of the municipal SteeringCommittee on COVID-19 Prevention and Control in Hanoi on January 21, the vice chairman particularly asked the publicsecurity force to closely monitor entries from abroad and punishing illegalimmigrants and violators of pandemic prevention and control regulations.
Deputy Director of the municipal Health DepartmentHoang Duc Hanh said the risk of the COVID-19 infection in the community remainshigh because the pandemic is still raging in other countries while there are many people illegally crossing the border to enter Vietnam each day.
Meanwhile, the cold weather also makes it easierfor the virus to spread, he said, adding that negligence in the community after a long time without any community infection is another problem.
Director of the municipal Health DepartmentNguyen Khac Hien asked districts, communes and townships to have plans readied in order to timely respond to emergencies when infections are discovered and prevent their spread in the community.
According to him, the city will soon put the MeLinh field hospital into operation to quarantine F1 cases.
Deputy Director of the municipal TourismDepartment Ngo Minh Hoang said over 20,000 people arriving from abroad have been put underquarantine in 16 out of 18 hotels designated by the city.
From January 14-21, Hanoi recorded three newimported COVID-19 cases who are receiving treatment at the branch of theCentral Hospital for Tropical Diseases in the outlying district of Dong Anh.
The capital city hasso far reported 203 infections with no deaths and gone through 157 consecutivedays without local transmissions./.
