Hanoians wear masks while walking around Hoan Kiem lake (Photo: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) – Hanoi authorities have issued an
urgent dispatch on strengthening COVID-19 prevention and control, while the
northern port city of has held a meeting for the same purpose.
Chairman of the capital People’s Committee
signed the dispatch on January 6. It was delivered to heads of the municipal
departments, sectors, and localities at all levels.
The dispatch has urged sides involved to carry out better
communications work to encourage people to wear masks, avoid mass gatherings,
and fill up heath declarations when needed, among others.
The Department of Health is tasked with quickly
handling any problems arisen and closely monitoring COVID-19-related situations
in the community. Local police units are assigned to focus on preventing
illegal entries and punishing violators of regulations on pandemic prevention
and control, while the capital Military High Command is requested to work
closely with the health department and local administrations in tightly
managing concentrated quarantine sites.
Also on January 6, the Hai Phong steering committee for
prevention and control held a meeting to intensify its work and honour
33 medical staff, who volunteered to go to Da Nang to support the central city during
its outbreak last year./.
Source: VietnamPlus
