HCM City tightens COVID-19 prevention measures

HCM City authorities during an online meeting on January 28 called for tighter measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19 ahead of the upcoming Lunar New Year holiday. (Photo: VNA)

HCM
City (VNA) – has called for tighter measures to
prevent the spread of COVID-19 ahead of the upcoming Tet (Lunar New Year)
holiday after Vietnam identified 82 new COVID-19 cases related to the
two that were conformed late on January 27, the highest number recorded in a single
day in the country. 

Speaking
at an online meeting on January 28, Vice Chairman of the municipal People’s
Committee Vo Van Hoan said the city’s authorities have ordered all of
its districts and Thu Duc city to limit organisation of festivals or
events and mass gatherings of people in high-risk areas such as
supermarkets, train and bus stations, airports, schools, businesses and
factories.

Gatherings
of people must comply with the requirements and guidance of the health ministry.

The
city’s measures aim to ensure health and safety for its citizens during
the upcoming Lunar New Year holiday, only two weeks away. 

The
city, which is focusing on strict management of foreign entries, said
it has told its local health department to intensify supervision
of medical quarantine regulations to detect and treat any infections to prevent
the virus from spreading.

The
department must also take steps to ensure that all medical workers in disease
prevention and control are fully aware of the situation and that they fulfill
their responsibilities to carry out disease prevention plans and
scenarios.

The
department will assign tasks to individuals and units
if any cases are detected.

The
city strongly recommends that people continue to strictly follow the
ministry’s measures to prevent winter-spring diseases, including .

The
city continues to promote its 5K (in Vietnamese) message: Khau
trang (face mask) – Khu khuan (disinfection) – Khoang cach (distance)
– Khong tu tap (no gathering) – Khai bao y te (health
declaration). 

As
of January 28 afternoon, the city had identified seven people as F1
contacts (direct contact with the patient in province).
Six of them have tested negative for the virus for the first test. The other
is waiting for his test results, according to Nguyen Tan Binh, Director
of the municipal Department of Health./.