Deputy PM Vu Duc Dam speaks at the meeting (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA)
– , head of the National Steering Committee for
COVID-19 Prevention and Control, on August 2 stressed that those who fail to make
health declarations and follow quarantine regulations must be handled strictly.
Speaking at a meeting
of the committee on August 2, Dam called on each resident and all-level
authorities to take responsibility for the pandemic combat, and stay vigilant.
He ordered tightening
COVID-19 prevention and control measures in medical, army and police sectors,
and reviewing medical check-ups and treatment in hospitals, with attention paid
to departments with patients in critical conditions.
Apart from the main
hospitals in Da Nang where the outbreak began, response efforts will be
expanded in communities in the city as well as nearby province of Quang Nam,
Dam requested.
He urged all people
to use Bluezone, a
Bluetooth-based app that helps determine if a person has come into
contact with a COVID-19
patient, and the nCOVI app for health declaration and monitoring.
As
for provinces with the high risk of transmission, Dam asked the Ministry of
Education and Training to coordinate with the Ministry of Health in reviewing
regulations, prioritising the organisation of the high school graduation exams.
The health ministry
reported that as 9am on August 2, Vietnam had recorded 590 patients,
including 323 imported cases, and five deaths. Of the total cases, 373 have
recovered.
Since July 25, the
country has reported 144 cases in seven cities and provinces, including 105 in
Da Nang, 25 in Quang Nam, one in the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak,
eight in Ho Chi Minh City, two in central Quang Ngai province, two in Hanoi and
one in Thai Binh.
Apart from imported
cases, all of the new cases are linked to the outbreak in hospitals in Da Nang.
Speaking at the
meeting, Acting Health Minister Nguyen Thanh Long said it is expected to
take longer time to cope with this outbreak as compared with the previous ones,
as it is taking place more rapidly and complicatedly.
Statistics from the
health ministry also unveiled that from July 1-29, about 1.4 million people
returned from Da Nang or visited medical facilities nationwide. Meanwhile, 800,000
people have been to the three hospitals involved in the outbreak in Da Nang,
including 46,000 coming for health check-up and treatment.
More cases are likely
to be detected in Da Nang and other localities across the country in the time
ahead, Long warned.
Participants at the
meeting agreed to propose the classification of localities based on three
levels of risks, in order to impose suitable measures, with and Quang
Nam in the group of high risks./.
Source: VietnamPlus
