Overview of meeting of Hanoi’s steering committee for COVID-19 prevention and control (Photo: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) – , and as well as spas
and massage parlours in Hanoi will have to close down as from 00:00 hours on May
5 due to complicated developments of the pandemic in the capital city.
At a meeting of the city’s steering committee for COVID-19
prevention and control on May 4, Vice Chairman of the municipal People’s
Committee Chu Xuan Dung emphasized the need for stronger and quicker actions to
contain the pandemic.
The
committee also asked the transport sector to impose distancing on public
transport means, limiting the number of passengers on each vehicle at 50
percent of total seats at most.
It was reported at the meeting that five locally-transmitted
cases had been detected in Hanoi since April 29. In addition, three Hanoi
residents who contracted the coronavirus at a karaoke bar in Vinh Phuc province
were counted among cases of Vinh Phuc.
Hanoi closes cinemas from May 5 (Photo: VNA)Director of the municipal Health Department Tran Thi Nhi Ha also
provided details related to the latest local case in the city, who is a doctor
at a centrally-run hospital.
The health sector in Hanoi has collected 2,427 samples for
testing, with 204 samples turning out negative so far.
Screening testing will be conducted on those who show such symptoms
as coughing, fever breathing difficulties, and those who are in high-risk
groups.
The municipal police instructed local units to keep close
monitoring to timely detect and handle foreigners who enter Vietnam illegally
as well as those who accommodate them./.
Source: VietnamPlus
