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Now is golden time for Hai Duong to stamp out COVID-19: Deputy Minister

Now is the golden time for Hai Duong to stamp out the COVID-19 outbreak, said Deputy Minister of Health Nguyen Truong Son during a visit to check COVID-19 response in the northern province on February 18.
Now is golden time for Hai Duong to stamp out COVID-19: Deputy Minister ảnh 1Deputy Minister of Health Nguyen Truong Son speaks during a visit to check COVID-19 response in the northern province on February 18. (Photo: VNA)
Hai Duong (VNA) – Nowis the golden time for Hai Duong to stamp out the COVID-19 outbreak, said Deputy Minister of Health Nguyen Truong Son during a visit to check COVID-19 responsein the northern province on February 18.

Hai Duong must speed up testing and report to the Health Ministry if it needs assistance, he added.

The minister also pointed outthat the transmission of the highly contagious UK COVID-19 variant and the massmovement of industrial park workers to return to work after Tet remain the biggest challenges tothe province’s effort to contain the coronavirus spread.

Later the same day, Chairwoman ofthe People’s Committee of Kinh Mon town Nguyen Thi Lieu said a temporarylockdown order has been imposed on the headquarters of local cement producer VicemHoang Thach from 2:00pm after one of its workers was confirmed to be infected withCOVID-19 in the morning.

The town’s Steering Committee forCOVID-19 Prevention and Control immediately collected samples from all1,635 workers of the company for coronavirus testing.

On the same day’s afternoon, Chairwomanof the Vietnam Fatherland Front’s Hanoi Committee Nguyen Lan Huong, on behalfof the capital city, handed over financial assistance worth 2 billion VND (87,000USD) and 50,000 medical masks to aid COVID-19 response in Hai Duong.

As of 3:00pm on February 18, HaiDuong has confirmed a total of 576 COVID-19 cases, according to the provincialSteering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control./.
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