(Photo: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) – Strict implementation of social
distancing measures is crucial in COVID-19 prevention and control, stressed
Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam at an online meeting with leaders of the south
central provinces of Phu Yen and Khanh Hoa on July 9.
and Khanh Hoa are among localities experiencing
complicated developments of the pandemic.
So far, Phu Yen has reported 425 infections with about 3,500
F1s (people having close contact with infection cases). It has set up four treatment hospitals with a total of 400 beds, along with three
quarantine sites at provincial level accommodating about 800 people and 43 others in
districts with capacity of hosting nearly 3,000 people. It has designed plans
to ensure quarantine facilities for up to 7,000 people.
Phu Yen has raised its testing capacity to 3,000
samples per day.
Meanwhile, Khanh Hoa has seen 146 COVID-19 cases in the
community since June 23, with 1,365 F1s.
The locality’s Realtime RT-PCR testing capacity has reached
about 10,000 samples per day. The locality plans to allow F1s to take home
quarantine.
Addressing the meeting, Deputy PM Dam asked the localities to tighten supervision
on the implementation of measures regardless the scale of
coverage.
Along with speeding up the tracing of people having contact with COVID-19 patients, the provinces should focus on giving COVID-19 tests for
workers in large-scale factories, he stressed.
He asked the Ministry of Health to dispatch more forces to
support Phu Yen as the province’s treatment capacity remains modest.
Regarding the plan of allowing F1s to take home quarantine, the Deputy PM reminded
the localities to classify F1 cases basing on various data, while ensuring close
watch on the implementation of pandemic prevention and control measures in
their family to reduce the risk of coronavirus spreading.
He also asked the Health Ministry to give assistance to
Khanh Hoa in COVID-19 rapid test.
Along with the central-level support, the two localities should assist each other in pandemic
fight, he added./.
Source: VietnamPlus
