This year, falls in late January (Photo: VNA)Hanoi (VNA)
– has signed a dispatch directing ministers, heads
of ministerial-level and State agencies, and chairmen of People’s Committees
of centrally-run cities and provinces to strengthen measures to prevent the
spreading of COVID-19 during the upcoming Lunar New Year (Tet)
Festival and the festive season of 2023.
In the document, the
PM underlined that the pandemic is still developing unpredictably with
the continuously appearance of new variants and sub-variants of SARS-CoV-2,
and the decreasing effectiveness of vaccines.
Meanwhile, the change in seasons and the easing of pandemic prevention and control policies in some countries are likely to increase the risk of a surge of COVID-19 cases in
the time to come, during the Tet Festival and .
In order to strengthen
the pandemic prevention and control measures during trade and tourism
activities in the festive festival in the first months of 2023 and continue to
promote the socio-economic development at the same time, the PM requested
ministries, sectors and localities to strictly implement the Politburo’s
directive on the organisation of Tet Festival and the PM’s directive on the
strengthening of pandemic control measures during the festival, as well as the
Government’s resolution on pandemic prevention and fight.
The first months of 2023 is the peak festive season (Photo: VNA)The Ministry of Health
was asked to keep a close eye on the domestic and international pandemic
situation, thus giving timely guidelines and coordination with ministries,
sectors and localities in the pandemic fight, while working with localities to
direct the implementation of measures to prevent and seasonal
diseases, promptly stamping out outbreaks, and promoting COVID-19 vaccination
activities.
The Ministry of Culture,
Sports and Tourism was requested to work with the Ministry of Health and the
People’s Committees of localities to direct tourism businesses to ensure safety
for tourists and locals.
The PM also instructed localities to
strengthening the monitoring of people arriving from areas with pandemic outbreaks and
localities where new COVID-19 variants are found, while keeping a close eye on the
community and medical facilities to early detect the appearance of new SARS-CoV-2 variants. They were
also requested to continue speeding up COVID-19 vaccination among all eligible
groups./.
Source: VietnamPlus
