Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh at the event (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) –Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has highlighted the ultimate goal of protectingpeople’s health, driving back COVID-19 pandemic, especially in key areas, toensure socio-economic development and social welfare.
During a nationwideteleconference in Hanoi on May 29, the PM said the pandemic is under control,but remains complicated in Bac Giang, Bac Ninh, Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City with more dangerous variants spreading in industrial parks and religious establishments.
He asked sectors anddepartments to seriously follow prevention and control measures in theprinciple of “5K vaccine technology”, take more drastic actions, stay moredetermined, tighten discipline, closely control illegal entries and exits, andraise public awareness of the effort.
The leader wished thatParty committees and authorities will uphold their creativity to fulfill assignedtasks in the current situation.
Health Minister NguyenThanh Long reported that since the fourth wave of the pandemic began on April 27 to 6 am on May 29, the country recorded 3,805infection cases, including 3,594 local transmissions and 12 deaths. 182 were given all-clear from the virus.
So far, eightlocalities have gone through 14 days without new infections while the remaining 25 cities andprovinces recorded 3,578 cases from April 27. Five cities and provinces loggedhigh number of cases, including Bac Giang, Bac Ninh, Hanoi, Da Nang and VinhPhuc.
To achieve herd immunity this year, Vietnam has to date signed agreements to buy over 100million vaccine doses to vaccinate 70 percent of the population aged over 18, andstrived to purchase additional 40 million doses, with priority given to Bac Giangand Bac Ninh./.
