Members of the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control at the videoconference with HCM City officials on July 7 (Photo: VNA) At the meeting with standing members of the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control, Phong said 107 sites in 22 districts of Vietnam’s most populous city have been put on lockdown in the fourth wave of outbreaks.
He noted that among the 7,450 infection cases confirmed by the Ministry of Health, 82 percent are recorded in quarantine sites or sealed-off areas, 4 percent found via screening tests in the community, about 13 percent detected via screening at hospitals, and nearly 1 percent are imported cases.
The pandemic’s complexity, high population density, and economic vibrancy are posing numerous challenges to HCM City in the disease combat, he said, adding the local administration held that it is necessary to take more drastic and stronger actions while sacrificing short-term interests to guarantee long-term development and safety for people.
To keep people’s daily life stable, municipal authorities are working to increase goods supplies for modern distribution systems and activate the market stabilisation programme, the chairman said.
The city has also finished examination and arrangement for 43 enterprises with 56,000 employees to concurrently carry out quarantine and sustain production activities in export processing, industrial, and hi-tech parks as in line with Ministry of Health’s guidelines, according to Phong.
Deputy Minister of Transport Le Anh Tuan asked HCM City and other localities to ensure smooth transportation of goods while Deputy Minister of Health Do Xuan Tuyen urged the southern city to seriously carry out social distancing measures in each family and each residential area.
At the meeting, Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam, head of the national steering committee, told the city to continue preparing for higher-level social distancing and make stronger moves to curb the outbreak sooner but still guarantee people’s life./.
VNA
