The meeting between the MoH delegation and the HCM City Hospital for Tropical Diseases on January 31 (Photo: VNA) On January 31, an MoH delegation inspected COVID-19 response at Tan Son Nhat International Airport, the health centre ofDistrict 3, and the HCM City Hospital for Tropical Diseases.
They said the southern metropolisperformed well in pandemic prevention and control during the Lunar New Year (Tet)holiday in late January. However, as new variants are likely to enter and spreadin the community after Tet, it needs to have plans readied for preventing disease transmission.
Dr Nguyen Vu Thuong, Deputy Directorof the HCM City Pasteur Institute and a member of the MoH delegation, cited theWorld Health Organisation as saying that COVID-19 remains a global healthemergency, and the most worrying thing is vaccine- and drug-resistant variants.
Though the number of hospitalised casesin the city has fallen sharply, but new variants may spread in the community andattack the elderly and unvaccinated persons, he noted.
He suggested local authorities issuestrong recommendations at tourist attractions and places of worship to remindpeople of wearing face masks, and increase communications to encourage locals toget vaccinated against the disease.
As of January 31, Vietnam recorded 11,526,497 cases of COVID-19, including 10,612,462 recoveries and 43,186 deaths.
Meanwhile, over 266.09 million doses of COVID-19vaccine were administered, according to the MoH./.
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