No need to worry but take precautions against COVID-19: official

 

Hanoi (VNA) – The people should not worry or panic
but seriously take precautions issued by the and authorities
to join hands fighting the epidemic of the acute respiratory disease caused by SARS-Cov-2
(), Deputy Minister Nguyen Thanh Long stressed at a working session on
March 7.

The urgent meeting between Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam,
who is also head of the National Steering Committee on COVID-19 Prevention and
Control, and health experts was held after Hanoi recorded the first infection
case in the capital city late on March 6.

Long further said the people should only refer to the
information on the development of the epidemic from official sources, especially
the web of his ministry, adding they should keep calm, united and self-confident
to win over the epidemic.

It was heard at the session that the suspected cases have by
now been quarantined and the residential area of the patient, the 17th case of this kind in Vietnam, tightly contained and supervised.

Experts and officials held that the Hanoi case comes within
a scenario worked out earlier. It is similar to those in Son Loi commune, Vinh
Phuc province’s Binh Xuyen district, which Vietnam has experience in coping
with, they highlighted, concluding that by now, things are still under
control./.