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Localities asked to stay vigilant as COVID-19 already exists in community

Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam on May 19 requested all localities to be on high alert as the COVID-19 pandemic is creeping in the community, and stay ready to immediately zone off and quarantine any new infections.
Localities asked to stay vigilant as COVID-19 already exists in community ảnh 1Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam (C) (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam on May 19 requested alllocalities to be on high alert as the COVID-19 pandemic is creeping in thecommunity, and stay ready to immediately zone off and quarantine any newinfections.

Addressing a meeting of permanent members of theNational Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control, Dam, who ishead of the committee, said that all resources are being mobilised to stamp outthe pandemic in the northern provinces of Bac Giang and Bac Ninh.

According to a report by the Ministry of Health (MoH), Vietnam hasrecorded 1,647 COVID-19 cases in 28 provinces and cities since April 27,including 605 in Bac Giang, 353 in Bac Ninh, and 256 in Hanoi. Most of the newcases had close contact with confirmed patients, and had been already quarantinedor in locked-down areas.

Deputy Health Minister Tran Van Thuan said that peopleshould strictly follow the MoH’s 5K message: khau trang (face mask), khu khuan(disinfection), khoang cach (distance), khong tu tap (no gathering), and khaibao y te (health declaration), and take part in COVID-19 vaccinations.

Dam highlighted the importance to renew andstrengthen discipline, and tighten management over the reception and quarantineof foreigners and Vietnamese citizens entering the country.

All quarantine facilities and hotels registered forquarantine must ensure required conditions, and form a system to manage fromprices to pandemic prevention and control conditions, he noted.

The Deputy PM urged the Ministry of Health to issue guidelines forcombining different testing methods for people entering Vietnam, firstly byair.

The classification after testing can define who is safeenough to be quarantined for only seven days at designated facilities, insteadof 14 or 21 days, he stated, adding that it is important for trading andtravel, including welcoming foreign experts and repatriating Vietnamesecitizens stranded aboard due to the pandemic.

He requested the Ministry of Health to issue newguidelines within a week and immediately organise testing and medicalquarantine management following the new process.

The permanent members of the steering committee also agreed toassign the military medicine force to undertake testing for people inmilitary quarantine establishments and the health sector to test people incivil quarantine facilities and hotels./.
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