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Vigilance must be enhanced against variant Omicron: PM

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on December 10 requested increased vigilance as the COVID-19 pandemic continues developing complicatedly, with the appearance of the new and more contagious variant Omicron in many countries around the world.
Vigilance must be enhanced against variant Omicron: PM ảnh 1Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh speaks at online meeting between the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control with the steering committees of 63 provinces and cities (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on December 10 requestedincreased vigilance as the COVID-19 pandemic continues developingcomplicatedly, with the appearance of the new and more contagious variantOmicron in many countries around the world.

Speaking at an online meeting between the National SteeringCommittee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control with the steering committees of63 provinces and cities, PM Chinh, who is head of the national steeringcommittee, required extra efforts to reduce the numbers of new cases, severecases, and fatalities.

He asked localities to continue implementing the Government’sResolution 128/NQ-CP dated October 11, 2021 on safe and flexible adaptation to and effective control of the COVID-19 pandemic. No locality is allowed to issueregulations contrary to those by the upper level, he stressed.

Highlighting the need to provide sufficient vaccines andtreatment drugs, the Government leader urged boosting the study and transfer ofproduction technologies at home with safety and efficiency ensured and people’slives put first and above all.

At the meeting, members of the national and local steeringcommittees focused their discussion on the situation and causes of the complicated developmentsof the pandemic in the past time, vaccineallocation and vaccination process, as well as the demand for and ability torespond to treatment drugs.

They also exchanged views on measures to restoresocio-economic activities, and maintain production and business./.

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