Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam speaks at the meeting with Hanoi officials on November 2 (Photo: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) – Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam on November 2 urged Hanoi
to stay highly alert as the pandemic has already “penetrated very
deeply into the community”.
At a meeting with local official about the pandemic combat, Deputy PM Dam, who
is also deputy head of the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention
and Control, said the city must flexibly but also safely adapt to the pandemic,
so it still has to stay ready for worse cases.
Particularly,
the principles set out at the start of the COVID-19 fight, which is “prevention,
detection, quarantine, sealing off, curbing transmission, and early treatment”,
remains unchanged, he noted.
He
asked to prepare standard procedures for home quarantine and
treatment in case the spreads on a large scale.
Regarding
school reopening, the Deputy PM requested that local authorities consider gradually resuming in-person teaching and learning activities based on people’s demand.
The meeting between Deputy PM Vu Duc Dam and Hanoi officials on November 2 (Photo: VNA)Once accepting to living with COVID-19, the entire
health monitoring system, including schools and health establishments, must
raise their pandemic alert to a higher level compared to the past, according to
the official.
Reporting on the local COVID-19 situation, Director of
the municipal Health Department Tran Thi Nhi Ha said the pandemic in Hanoi is
currently under control, but the virus transmission from localities with
complex pandemic developments remains a risk.
Hanoi has administered 9,664,917 doses of COVID-19
vaccine to local residents. About 92.3 percent of the people aged 18 and above
have been given at least one shot, accounting for 69.4 percent of its total
population. Meanwhile, 55.4 percent of the people in the age group, or 41.6
percent, have been fully vaccinated.
At the meeting, Vice Secretary of the municipal Party
Committee Nguyen Van Phong said Hanoi will build a COVID-19 response plan at a
higher level than the current one and devise appropriate measures to manage
infection cases and those having close contact with them in accordance with the city’s situation./.
Source: VietnamPlus
