A quarantine site in Vietnam (Photo: VNA) Da Nang (VNA) – Competent authorities must continue supreme effortsto prevent the coronavirus outbreak, which is likely to worsen in the comingmonths since many overseas Vietnamese return home to welcome Tet holiday,Deputy Minister of Health Do Xuan Tuyen has said.
At a conference held in Da Nang city on November 30, Tuyen stressed thatVietnam went through a streak of 89 days without any community transmission,and all imported case were quarantine upon arrival.
The country has successfully put the pandemic under control, he said, addingthe nation is working on its dual tasks of containing the outbreak anddeveloping the socio-economy.
The COVID-19 has spread to 218 countries and territories, with more than 50million infections and over 1.4 deaths. The World Health Organisation said thepandemic will linger on to the end of 2021, and cause critical impactworldwide.
The Ministry of Health has already issued directives on disease prevention andcontrol during winter-spring season, he said.
Meanwhile, Deputy Director of the National Institute of Hygiene andEpidemiology Tran Nhu Duong described quarantine as an effective way forVietnam to prevent the spread of the novel virus.
All those having contact with confirmed COVID-19 patients or suspected patientshave been quarantined, and anyone with close contact with any F1 case isolatedfrom the community, he said.
Since fighting the pandemic is like fighting the enemy, it is necessary for allsectors and people to join hands in the fight, Duong highlighted./.
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