The meeting between the MoH delegation and the HCM City Hospital for Tropical Diseases on January 31 (Photo: VNA)HCM City (VNA) – The
(MoH) has warned to stay vigilant against
COVID-19 as risks of of new variants remains
considerable.
On January 31, an MoH delegation inspected response at Tan Son Nhat International Airport, the health centre of
District 3, and the HCM City Hospital for Tropical Diseases.
They said the southern metropolis
performed well in pandemic prevention and control during the Lunar New Year (Tet)
holiday in late January. However, as new variants are likely to enter and spread
in the community after Tet, it needs to have plans readied for preventing disease transmission.
Dr Nguyen Vu Thuong, Deputy Director
of the HCM City Pasteur Institute and a member of the MoH delegation, cited the
World Health Organisation as saying that COVID-19 remains a global health
emergency, and the most worrying thing is vaccine- and drug-resistant variants.
Though the number of hospitalised cases
in the city has fallen sharply, but new variants may spread in the community and
attack the elderly and unvaccinated persons, he noted.
He suggested local authorities issue
strong recommendations at tourist attractions and places of worship to remind
people of wearing face masks, and increase communications to encourage locals to
get vaccinated against the disease.
As of January 31, Vietnam recorded 11,526,497 cases of COVID-19, including 10,612,462 recoveries and 43,186 deaths.
Meanwhile, over 266.09 million doses of COVID-19
vaccine were administered, according to the MoH./.
Source: VietnamPlus
