(Photo: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) – By strictly following guidelines
on COVID-19 combat procedures, Vietnam will control the pandemic and ensure
safety during the Lunar New Year (Tet) holiday, said Deputy Prime Minister Vu
Duc Dam.
Speaking at an online meeting on January 28 with the steering
committees for prevention and control of northern Hai Duong
and Quang Ninh provinces where new outbreaks have been discovered, Dam, who is
head of the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control,
said that as the has spread faster and become more dangerous,
pandemic control activities must be conducted more quickly and drastically.
The Deputy PM noted that Vietnam has for the first time
found two outbreaks at the same time with 82 infections, showing the higher
speed of spreading of the new variant of coronavirus SARS-CoV-2.
He lauded the Health Ministry and the two provinces’ quick
response to the outbreaks in the spirit of “fighting the pandemic like fighting
the enemy.”
“We have not wasted any minute, any hour and this spirit should be continued,” he stressed.
Along with the tracing of people who had close contact with
the newly-discovered cases, he asked the Health Ministry and the two provinces
to expand investigation on cases related to Van Don International Airport in
Quang Ninh, thus defining all passengers going through the airport in the past
15 days to minimise the risk of COVID-19 spreading.
A lockdown order has been issued for Cong Hoa commune in Hai
Duong’s Chi Linh city and Dong Trieu township and the Van Don International
Airport in Quang Ninh.
He requested all ministries, sectors and localities to
strictly follow all medical guidelines on COVID-19 prevention and control./.
Source: VietnamPlus
