Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – There is nodiscrimination in quarantine for COVID-19 and no high-class quarantine facilityfor people paying service fees, Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam affirmed at ameeting in Hanoi on March 20.
The self-paying quarantine facilities are set upfor diplomatic and official passport holders, experts in key projects, andimportant trade partners, it was agreed at the meeting of the national steeringcommittee for preventing and combating COVID-19.
Dam, who is head of the committee, emphasisedthe core role of the military force in quarantining. He asked the involvedmilitary units to continue implementing strictly quarantine regulations issuedby the Ministry of Health.
The heath sector should encourage people to jointhe voluntary health declarations to make it easier for the classification ofcases, he ordered.
Deputy PM Dam called for special attention to bepaid to vulnerable groups such as the elderly, people with chronic diseases anddisabilities, warning them to limit traveling and stay at home.
According to the Ministry of Health, as of 12:00noon on March 20, Vietnam recorded 85 COVID-19 cases, of which 17 have been curedand discharged from hospital.
More than 38,000 people having close contactwith confirmed infection cases or entering Vietnam from pandemic-hit areas arebeing quarantined./.
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