Nguyen Thanh Long speaks at the teleconference on February 5 (Photo: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) – The has
identified three changes in the strategy for COVID-19 prevention and control,
relating to the combination of samples for testing, home quarantine for
children under five years of age, and the transportation of goods stuck in
pandemic-hit areas.
At a teleconference on February 5, Minister of
Health told the localities with community transmission of
COVID-19 that due to the demand for widespread testing in northern Quang Ninh
and Hai Duong provinces, where the latest outbreak began, the Ministry of
Health now permits the combination of 10 – 15 samples collected from the same
families in one test, instead of five samples like what has been done so far.
The minister also holds that children under five
can be quarantined at home, under certain conditions, and local authorities
must be responsible for strictly monitoring them, he noted.
Citing Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc’s order
for not hampering economic activities in the COVID-19 fight, Long said the
provinces and cities with sufficient testing capacity can transport goods to
other localities, but anti- measures must be applied for both goods and
drivers.
The official said the northwestern province of
Dien Bien is the latest and 11th locality with coronavirus infections in the
community, speaking highly of its efforts to trace contact with confirmed cases
in just a short period of time.
He also asked Dien Bien to boost contact
tracing, speed up testing, and promote home quarantine.
So far, Vietnam has seen 1,957 cases of
COVID-19, including 1,068 locally-infected ones with 375 reported since January
27. As many as 1,465 patients have recovered while the number of related deaths
are maintained at 35./.
Source: VietnamPlus
