Ministry asks for acceleration of quick COVID-19 testing for drivers. – Illustrative image (Photo: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) – The has directed its Department of Health to
speed up for drivers in localities across the country using 100,000
quick test kits allocated by
the Government, according to Deputy Minister of Transport Le Dinh Tho.
The Department
of Health of the ministry will support localities in the work, he said,
noting that this is hoped to directly support transport enterprises.
According to Tho, the quick testing is effectively implement in southern
localities, especially in Ho Chi Minh City and those imposing social distancing
measures under the Prime Minister’s Directive 16.
Statistics show that over 2,700 COVID-19 quick test kits were used for s nationwide
after more than a week of implementation.
So far, as many as 24,000 COVID-19 quick test kits have been handed over to localities,
including 3,000 of those delivered to HCM City – the
current biggest COVID-19 hotspot.
As of August 4, a total of 1,700 quick test kits were used for drivers
in HCM City, with four people tested positive for coronavirus SARS-CoV-2.
Deputy Minister Tho said to contain the spread of the pandemic,
the ministry has directed its units and the Departments of Transport of localities
to request vehicle owners and drivers to strictly and
fully comply with regulations on COVID-19 prevention and control under the
guidance of the Ministry of Health./.
Source: VietnamPlus
