Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – The Prime Minister has recently issued Dispatch No.1099/CD-TTg dated August 22 directing the strengthening ofsocial distancing measures in the fight against COVID-19 pandemic.
With the spirit of placing people’s health and lives aboveothers, the PM asked Secretaries of the municipal and provincial PartyCommittees, Chairpersons of the People’s Committees of Ho Chi Minh City and theprovinces of Binh Duong, Dong Nai and Long An, ministers and heads ofministerial-level and Government organs and agencies concerned to take drastic,strict and effective actions to exercise social distancing and followprevention and control measures.
The people’s compliance with the measures plays a decisive role inthe success of the fight, the dispatch said.
The PM called for attention to offering all possible support in terms ofhuman resources, medical supplies and other necessary forces to Ho Chi MinhCity and the provinces of Binh Duong, Dong Nai and Long An. He also urged close and effective coordination between local forces and those from thecentral level and other localities.
The Government leader requested tightening discipline in implementing socialdistancing and prevention and control measures, thus achieving the goal ofpreventing and curbing the pandemic as set in the Government’s ResolutionNo.86/NQ-CP dated August 6, 2021.
In the dispatch, he called for the drastic and synchronousinvolvement of the entire political system, and upholding the role of theVietnam Fatherland Front, the Vietnam Veterans Association, the Vietnam Women’sUnion, the Vietnam Farmers’ Union, the Vietnam Trade Union, the Ho Chi MinhCommunist Youth Union, religious and mass organisations and others in theeffort.
Additionally, rapid COVID-19 testing must be conducted on a largescale, especially in the entire Ho Chi Minh City during social distancing timeto discover infections as soon as possible. Vaccines must be prioritised to HoChi Minh City while vaccination campaign must be rolled out in accordance withthe Health Ministry’s guidelines.
Communication work must be also stepped up to raise publicawareness of the effort and resolutely fight and refute false and harmful information.
The PM required ministries, agencies, localilties and units toactively build specific and feasible plans to assist Ho Chi Minh City and theprovinces of Binh Duong, Dong Nai and Long An in the regard.
The Government Office was assigned to oversee the implementationof the dispatch and promptly report arising problems to the PM./.
