Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam in a working session in Tra Vinh province. (Photo: VNA) Tra
Vinh (VNA) – inspected COVID-19
in the southern province of Tra Vinh on September
18.
As of
September 15, the province had basically put the pandemic under control and began
resuming production.
Dam
requested that when enterprises come back to normal operations, they must
ensure “three green” criteria, including green factories, green accommodation
and green workers.
He also
directed Tra Vinh continue offering food supplies to its residents living in Ho
Chi Minh City and Binh Duong province, and prioritise vaccinating workers returning from
the two localities.
The
was assigned to soon consider licencing a new television channel to serve students’ online learning in the province.
As of
September 17, seven districts and townships in the province returned to new
normal.
The
province recorded 1,480 infection cases as of September 18 afternoon, including
42 imported, 1,140 given all-clear from the virus and 20 deaths.
Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam (R) in Can Tho city. (Photo: VNA) During
a working session with Can Tho’s Steering Committee for
Prevention and Control, Dam asked the city to focus on “red zones”, not ignore
the “green zones”, and conduct regular PCR testing for residents.
The
committee reported that from July 8 to September 17, the city logged 5,118
cases, including 2,123 in quarantine facilities, 2,820 in the community and 175
in locked-down areas. There were 4,217 recovered patients, or 82 percent of the
total infections and 75 deaths, equivalent to 1.47 percent.
More
than 306,000 vaccine doses have been given to local people.
In the
past week, the city confirmed 367 new cases, including 108 local transmissions,
said Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Tran Viet Truong. He also
suggested the Government and Ministry of Health soon allocate more vaccines to the city./.
Source: VietnamPlus
