Meeting seeks solutions to curb spread of COVID-19

The meeting was convened after four community
transmissions of were recorded on July 25 and 26 – three in Da Nang
and one in Quang Ngai.

According to a report tabled at the meeting, tests are
being conducted for around 4,000 staff members at three hospitals in Da Nang where
the newly-detected patients had visited.  

At the same time, 10,000 blood samples from the
community will also be collected for testing.

According to ,
the ministry has yet to determine the source of the community transmission in
Da Nang.

He said the virus strain detected in the new cases is
different from the five strains found earlier in the country, adding that the
exact source of infection remains unknown but it was possibly imported in early
July.

All places related to the new cases have been
isolated, which are the Da Nang Hospital, Hospital
C Da Nang, and the Da Nang Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation Hospital.

The ministry advised people who had
arrived in or left Da Nang as from July 1 to fill in medical declarations and
inform the local authorities and health officials for health monitoring.

Addressing the meeting, Deputy PM Dam,
who is also head of the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 pandemic
prevention and control, underscored that all localities around the country must
strengthen preventive measures.

He stressed the need to fulfil two
major targets – extinguishing the pandemic quickly and maintaining social
stability – and highlighted the significance of close coordination between medical,
public security, and military forces./.