An area in Hanoi under social distancing. (Source: VNA)in controlling the COVID-19 and other cities and
provinces that are implementing social distancing rules according to Directive
16 of the Prime Minister, including Hanoi.
Localities will be considered to have pandemic under control when the
number of new cases in the community decreases continuously compared
to the previous two weeks and decrease by at least 50 percent compared to the
week that recorded highest infections during the pandemic.
The rate of positive samples tested by reverse transcription-polymerase chain
reaction (RT-PCR) method during the day in the community also needs
to decrease within 14 days.
Additionally, the locality will be deemed to have under control
when no new clusters of infections are recorded over seven days.
Under the new criteria, provinces also need to achieve a 50 percent reduction
in the risk of infection and an increase of at least 30 percent of districts
and communes that return to the “new normal” state.
In HCM City, the risk of infection needs to be reduced by 30 percent.
In the
fourth wave, four southern provinces and cities which record highest infections
are HCM City, Binh Duong, Long An and Dong Nai./.
Source: VietnamPlus
