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HCM City takes the lead in COVID-19 fight: PM

Ho Chi Minh City has made important contributions to COVID-19 prevention and control through changes in mindset and approach along with decisive pilot steps, and has successfully made it a safe city again, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has affirmed.
HCM City takes the lead in COVID-19 fight: PM ảnh 1Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh (third from right) presents Tet gifts to Ho Chi Minh City's Health Department staff (Photo: VNA)
HCM City (VNA) - Ho Chi Minh City has made important contributionsto COVID-19 prevention and control through changes in mindset and approach along with decisivepilot steps, and has successfully made it a safe city again, PrimeMinister Pham Minh Chinh has affirmed.

Visiting the municipal Department of Health on January 24 on the occasion of the upcoming Lunar New Year (Tet), the government leader hailed the hard work of the city's healthsector during the city's fight against the pandemic in the context of the highly contagious Delta variant and a shortage of vaccines and treatment drugs. 

He said in such difficult conditions, many "unprecedented"policies to rein in the pandemic and support people have been built, promulgated, and implementeddrastically and effectively on an unprecedented scale.
He noted that Ho Chi Minh City was also the first locality to launch the vaccination drive, contributing to turning Vietnam from a country with a very low vaccination rate into one of the six countries with the highest vaccination coverage rate in the world.

To date, the city has confidently reopened its door, andproactively implemented the policy of safe and flexible adaptation to andeffective control of the pandemic.

HCM City takes the lead in COVID-19 fight: PM ảnh 2Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh in a working session with leading officials of the municipal Health Department. (Photo:VNA)
In 2022, there will be certainly more difficulties and challenges thanopportunities and advantages, as the pandemic is still likely to develop complicatedlywith new variants, the PM said, requesting that Ho Chi Minh City not to lose vigilance, and to effectively implement the programme on pandemic prevention and control for 2022-2023, and thesocio-economic recovery and development plans.

He also urged quicker vaccination for all people, with thefocus on children aged to 12-17 so as to reopen schools after Tet, and askedthe health sector to speed up digital transformation and improve the quality ofhealth care.

HCM City takes the lead in COVID-19 fight: PM ảnh 3Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh visits Thi Nghe Protection Center for Disabled Orphans. (Photo: VNA)
On the same day, PM Chinh visited Thi Nghe Protection Centerfor Disabled Orphans which is taking care of nearly 250 disabled and orphanedchildren.

The care for disabled and orphaned children must be in bothmaterial and spiritual aspects, he stressed, asking the centre’s staff to takecare of children with all their heart./.

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