Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam addresses the meeting (Photo: VNA)tactics in pandemic control amid the detection of new variants of SARS-CoV-2
virus, the standing board of the Steering Committee for Prevention and
Control said, asking relevant forces to continue keeping a close watch on the
situation, and maintain strong guard against outside threats while intensifying
preventive measures in the country.
The board reached agreement on the response at its
meeting on January 7.
In order to prevent
the pandemic from entering the country from the outside, along with efforts of
the border guard and security forces, the committee requested local administrations
to enhance their monitoring of the situation in their localities.
It also requested the strict implementation of the
Prime Minister’s instruction regarding inbound flights from other countries.
variants of the coronavirus are causing complicated developments will be
suspended, so as to ensure safety inside the country.
The military, medical, transport, and diplomatic sectors
should review the capacity of quarantine facilities, with a view to gradually responding
to the wish to return home of Vietnamese citizens abroad.
Regarding special cases when patients tested
positives after more than 14 days since arrival and multiple test, it is
necessary to re-evaluate to minimize the risks of infection inside
quarantine facilities, said , who is also head of the
committee.
He asked the Ministry of Health to coordinate with
relevant forces to strengthen the management of people quarantined in hotels,
while intensifying the update of information on its systems to make sure that
all Vietnamese returnees are monitored
since they register for flights to the time they are placed in quarantine after
arriving./.
Source: VietnamPlus
