COVID-19: lack of vigilance remains in HCM City

Thi Nghe market in Ben Thanh district, HCM City, still remains crowed. (Photo: thanhnien.vn)

Hanoi (VNA) – Vice Chairman of the Ho Chi
Minh City People’s Committee on April 9 pointed out that some
units and people are failing to remain vigilant during the fight against the
pandemic.

HCM City has reported no new COVID-19 cases for six
consecutive days, from April 4-9, which has led to complacency, he said at a
meeting of the city’s .

Given this, Liem ordered districts to continue
observing the Prime Minister’s Directive No. 16/CT-TTg on social distancing,
especially in crowded places like supermarkets and industrial and processing
zones.

Competent authorities need to continue testing people
who arrived in Vietnam after March 8 but have yet to be quarantined, while
continuing medical quarantine for passengers at the domestic airport terminal and
Saigon railway station, he said.

According to the official, HCM City is also inspecting
the operation of production facilities, factories and industrial and processing
zones to deal with those that do not follow safety regulations.

In this regard, Secretary of the municipal Party’s
Committee Nguyen Thien Nhan said on April 8 businesses that failed to ensure
complete safety must be closed down.

As of April 9 afternoon, the southern metropolis had
confirmed 54 COVID-19 cases, of whom 37 have been discharged from hospital
after making a complete recovery, while the remainder are being treated in
stable conditions.

A total of 650 people are being monitored at
concentrated quarantine areas and 1,114 are under self-quarantine at home./.