Party chief calls for extra efforts to combat COVID-19

Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong requested the entire political system to pay highest attention to COVID-19 prevention and control in the spirit of “fighting the pandemic like fighting the enemy” while chairing a Politburo meeting on this work in Hanoi on June 11.
Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong (C) speaks at Politburo meeting (Photo: VNA)
Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong (C) speaks at Politburo meeting (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong requested theentire political system to pay highest attention to COVID-19prevention and control in the spirit of “fighting the pandemic like fightingthe enemy” while chairing a Politburo meeting on this work in Hanoi on June11.

Trong said that since the pandemic broke out in early 2020,Party and State leaders and the National Steering Committee for COVID-19Prevention and Control have made close and drastic directions, and mobilized the involvement of the entire political system in the fight.

He lauded the joint efforts made by agencies, localities,forces and organisations, the support and solidarity of Vietnamese people, aswell as the assistance of foreign friends.

Party chief calls for extra efforts to combat COVID-19 ảnh 1The Politburo's meeting on COVID-19 prevention and control (Photo: VNA)
Noting that the pandemic is developing more complicatedlyand unpredictably, the Party chief stressed the importance of maintaining high vigilance to prevent the pandemic from spreading and breaking out, andactively get measures and scenarios ready to promptly deal with any possiblecircumstances.

The Party committee of the Government should focus ondirecting and mobilising resources to accelerate the purchase and injection of COVID-19vaccines, maintaining support for homegrown vaccine research and development,promoting international cooperation in pandemic prevention and control andvaccine supply, and quickly removing legal problems related to the selection andpurchase of vaccines, stated Trong.

It is also necessary to strictly control entry into the country,ensure security and safety in important fields and regions and production areaswhich gather a large number of labourers, and strengthen the leadership,direction and governance over the implementation of socio-economic developmentsolutions, he added.

Vietnam is dealing with the fourth wave of COVID-19 outbreaks that have spread on thelargest scale and at the fastest pace ever, causing many difficulties for prevention andcontrol and socio-economic activities. The country has to date recorded over9,900 infections, including nearly 4,000 active patients and 55 deaths./.

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