Taking samples for testing COVID-19 (Photo: VNA)
HCM City (VNA) – Ho Chi Minh City is exerting every effort to implement the
of preventing the pandemic and developing the economy, according to
Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Nguyen Thanh Phong.
Addressing a meeting
on COVID-19 prevention in the city on August 24, Phong said HCM City
has controlled the disease; however, departments and districts should be on
guard as the pandemic still develops complicatedly.
In the current
situation, he said, it is necessary to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus
in crowded places such as religious establishments, churches, markets,
hospitals, and supermarkets.
The municipal
Department of Health reported that as of August 24, the city had recorded 77
COVID-19 patients, including 63 recoveries.
The local health
sector has also taken samples of over 54,000 returnees from the central city of
Da Nang – where the infections
re-emerged in July – for testing. Of whom, six had tested positive for the
virus, and the remainders negative.
Tracing drastically
suspected cases and those who had close contacts with the patients is the top
priority of the to promptly stamp out .
The city will also
increase testing for those from localities with a high number of infections
nationwide such as central Quang Nam and Quang Ngai, Hanoi, and northern Hai
Duong province./.
Source: VietnamPlus
