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New anti-pandemic media campaign launched

A new media campaign against the COVID-19 pandemic for the “new normal” was launched by the Ministry of Health (MoH) in Hanoi on September 12, aiming to promote the theme “For a strong and healthy Vietnam”.
New anti-pandemic media campaign launched ảnh 1A new media campaign against the COVID-19 pandemic for the “new normal” is launched by the Ministry of Health (MoH) in Hanoi on September 12. (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – A new mediacampaign against the COVID-19 pandemic for the “new normal” was launched by the Ministry of Health (MoH) inHanoi on September 12, aiming to promote the theme “For a strong and healthyVietnam”.

Addressing the launching ceremony, Deputy Minister of HealthNguyen Thi Lien Huong called on all ministries, state agencies, orgnisationsand people to together take action and raise sense of responsibility in takingCOVID-19 control measures – Mask, Disinfection, Vaccine, Medicine, Treatmentand Technology – in accordance with the MoH’s revised COVID-19 message.

According to Dr. Shane Fairlie, a specialist from WHOVietnam, the pandemic is not likely to be fully under control before 2023 as evidenced by the emergence of new highly-infectious variants. Therefore, Vietnammust continue observing COVID-19 preventive rules in the new normal, he said,adding that vaccination and implementing virus control measures remain the mostimportant and necessary solutions.

New anti-pandemic media campaign launched ảnh 2Deputy Minister of Health Nguyen Thi Lien Huong delivers a speech at the launching ceremony. (Photo: VNA)
The media campaign will be run until October 31 by the MoHin collaboration with the World Health Organisation (WHO), Unilever FundVietnam, Meta Group (Facebook), Zalo Vietnam, and Lotus Vietnam.

Various activities are scheduled to be organised onVietnam’s most popular social networks, including Facebook, Zalo, TikTok,Youtube and Lotus, with the engagement of many celebrities, tiktokers and KOLsin the fields of health care, culture, education, and others./.
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