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Southern localities asked to maintain safe areas, prepare for worse situation

Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam, head of the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control, on July 16 requested southern localities to further improve prevention and control measures, maintain safe areas, and prepare for a worse situation.
Southern localities asked to maintain safe areas, prepare for worse situation ảnh 1The teleconference between Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam and leaders of southern localities (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) - Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam, head ofthe National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control, on July 16requested southern localities to further improve prevention and controlmeasures, maintain safe areas, and prepare for a worse situation.

Speaking at a teleconference with leaders of thelocalities, Dam stressed that besides measures such as tracing possible contacts,conducting screening testing and stamping out current outbreaks, the localitiesshould have better plans to maintain safe areas.

He also asked all provinces and cities to urge locals not togo out if unnecessary.

Southern localities asked to maintain safe areas, prepare for worse situation ảnh 2Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam (Photo: VNA)
The Government official noted that the pandemic continuesdeveloping complicatedly and may spread to other localities.

At the meeting, the local leaders informed the Deputy PM oftheir difficulties in pandemic prevention and control, and asked for the Government’ssupport in biological products, medical equipment, and anti-pandemic materials,and in removing obstacles, and ensuring the circulation of goods betweenlocalities.

Deputy PM Dam said that the Government decided to assign theMinistry of Health to focus on purchasing biological products, medical equipmentand supplies to help localities stay more proactive in pandemic prevention andcontrol./.
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