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SMS campaign launched to support COVID-19 prevention

A text message campaign to call for public support for the country’s fight against the acute respiratory disease (COVID) caused by the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 was launched in Hanoi on March 19.
SMS campaign launched to support COVID-19 prevention ảnh 1President of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Central Committee Tran Thanh Man speaks at the launching ceremony (Photo: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) - A text messagecampaign to call for public support for the country’s fightagainst the acute respiratory disease (COVID) caused by the novel coronavirusSARS-CoV-2 was launched in Hanoi on March 19.

The Ministry of Information and Communications, the Vietnam Fatherland FrontCentral Committee’s Standing Board, the Health Ministry, and the Vietnam RedCross Society jointly launched the campaign with the aim of raising funds tosupport COVID-19 prevention and control efforts.

The campaign is taking place from March 19 to June 18, 2020.

Supporters can join the programme by texting “CV n” to 1407, of which “n” isthe number of support. Each text message will contribute at least 20,000 VND (0.86USD) to the fund.

All the money pooled by the programme will be used to buy medical equipment,necessities and support COVID-19 patients and those undergoing quarantine.

In his speech at the launching ceremony, President of the Vietnam FatherlandFront Central Committee Tran Thanh Man appreciated relevant agencies fororganizing the campaign, saying that it will significantly contribute to preventingthe epidemic.

The Vietnam Fatherland Front had also launched a fund-raising programme on March17, which has so far raised over 282 billion VND (over 12 million USD), hesaid./.



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