Epidemic control has been tightened right at border gates and areas so as to swiftly detect suspected cases. (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – The national steering committee for prevention and
control has asked ministries and localities to stay vigilant and take drastic
measures against the disease.
Deputy
Health Minister Do Xuan Tuyen, deputy head of the committee, on February 28
signed a document urging stronger measures to fight the fast-spreading
epidemic.
Epidemic
control must be tightened right at border gates and areas so as to swiftly
detect suspected cases and keep them under quarantine, the committee said,
stressing that those returning home from virus-hit regions of China, the
Republic of Korea (RoK) and other countries will be quarantined in line with
instructions of the Ministry of Health.
The
Ministry of National Defence was requested to coordinate with localities in the
quarantine work.
The
fatherland front and socio-political organisations will meet families of
Vietnamese in the RoK, asking them to encourage their relatives to continue
their work and study in the host country and obey recommendations and measures
set by the Korean government.
Those
with symptoms of fever, cough and breathing difficulties need to go to RoK medical
facilities for checkup and treatment, the document said.
Police,
health sector and authorities in localities were tasked with making a list of people
who come from or transit in the RoK as from February 11 to facilitate the
epidemic control.
As
of February 27, 82,384 cases of COVID-19 had been confirmed in 52 countries and
territories worldwide, with 2,814 fatalities. Most of the infections were
recorded in China (78,498), the RoK (1,766), Italy (655), Japan (207), Iran
(245) and Singapore (95)./.
Source: VietnamPlus
