Cho Ray Hospital doctors treating a COVID-19 patient (Source: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on August 4 laudedwholehearted contributions of medical staff to the battle against the COVID-19pandemic.
In a letter sent to staff of the healthcare sector, the Prime Minister emphasised that Vietnam has entered a new stageof the pandemic with more complicated developments and quick spread to variouslocalities, including major cities, and several health workers have contractedthe disease.
In response to Party General Secretary andPresident Nguyen Phu Trong’s appeal and with the stance of “fighting thedisease like fighting the enemy,” the entire political system and people havejoined hands in combating the disease, Phuc wrote, adding that the Governmenthas urged more drastic and synchronous measures to deal with the hotbeds,especially in central Da Nang city and Quang Nam province.
The Government leader hailed “soldiers inwhite blouses” for exerting every effort to trace and quarantine people inclose contact with COVID-19 patients, take test samples and conduct tests, andtreat patients.
He also expressed his gratitude to familiesof health workers for always supporting and sharing difficulties with them.
Amid the complicated, uncertain andprolonged developments of the pandemic, the health care sector should focus allresources on containing the spread of the disease and make its stafffully-equipped to ensure absolute safety for them.
He called on all doctors and medical staffacross the country to stay determined and show high sense of responsibility,together with forces and people, to roll back the pandemic.
The PM also urged people nationwide tocontinue encouraging and working together to support “soldiers in whiteblouses” in the tough and dangerous fight against COVID-19.
He wished medical staff good health,deserving public trust throughout the country and accomplishing the task ofcaring for and protecting public health./.
VNA
