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Hanoi to re-open religious establishments, relic sites on March 8

Religious establishments, relic sites and tourist attractions in Hanoi will re-open on March 8 with preventive measures being still in place after they were temporarily closed to contain the COVID-19 pandemic, Vice Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Chu Xuan Dung said at a meeting on March 5.
Hanoi to re-open religious establishments, relic sites on March 8 ảnh 1Vice Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Chu Xuan Dung speaks at a meeting on March 5. (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Religious establishments, relic sites and touristattractions in Hanoi will re-open on March 8 with preventive measures beingstill in place after they were temporarily closed to contain the COVID-19pandemic, Vice Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Chu Xuan Dung saidat a meeting on March 5.

Religious activities should be downsized in their scale,and organised online to prevent the spread of the disease, he stressed.

Dung ordered localities to enhance inspection and mete out harsh punishments toany violations of pandemic prevention, particularly restaurants, coffee shops,tea stalls and karaoke parlours, among others who resume operations withoutgetting permission.

Additionally, drastic measures must be deployed to monitor people coming frompandemic-hit areas, while online health declarations using QR code should becarried out from March 5, he added.

The capital city has gone through 17 days without new COVID-19 infections. Thirty-fivecases have been logged in the city since the latest COVID-19 wave hit thecountry on January 27.

Although the pandemic has been put under control, the cityneeds to strictly follow pandemic prevention measures set out by theGovernment, the municipal Party Committee and the municipal People’s Committee.

The communications work will be promoted to raise public awareness of theprevention measures, particularly the Ministry of Health’s 5K message: 5Kmessage: khau trang (face mask), khu khuan (disinfection), khoang cach(distance), khong tu tap (no gathering) and khai bao y te (healthdeclaration)./.
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