Health departments in all 63 cities and provinces are ordered to check testing facilities and encourage people to download the Bluezone contract tracing app. (Illustrative image. Source: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Acting
Minister of Health Nguyen Thanh Long has urged health departments in all 63 cities and provinces of the country to take all measures possible to prevent the spread of
, which has become more complex with a higher speed of transmission in
the community.
At a virtual meeting with directors
of the health departments on August 5, Long said the ministry has for the first
time sent officials, professors, and experts to the central region, in particular
and Quang Nam – the two hotspots at present – to stamp out the disease
as soon as possible.
The containment of the pandemic is not
only required in Da Nang and Quang Nam but in all cities and provinces throughout
the country, he said, adding that more efforts are needed to win the fight.
He cited Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan
Phuc as saying that “Each citizen is a soldier, and each house, hamlet,
residential area is a fortress in the fight against the pandemic”.
For the health sector, Long said,
each health facility is a fortress and each health worker is a soldier in the
frontlines against the pandemic.
The official urged localities where there are
no infections to prepare human resources and facilities in case the disease
spreads widely.
The health departments in all 63 cities
and provinces have been ordered to check testing facilities and encourage people
to download the Bluezone contract tracing app./.
Source: VietnamPlus
