chairs a working session between permanent cabinet members and the national steering committee for COVID-19 prevention and control (Source: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) – Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has ordered the
drastic implementation of concentrated quarantine in the fight against the
acute respiratory disease caused by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19).
Chairing a working
session between permanent cabinet members and the national steering committee
for COVID-19 prevention and control on February 27, PM Phuc stressed the
necessity to carry out compulsory quarantine for those who come from
-hit regions.
Vietnam does not close
border gates and airports, or bans travelling, but all people coming from
disease-hit areas must be quarantined to prevent the spread of the disease, he
emphasised.
The Ministry of
Foreign Affairs and relevant agencies are responsible for explaining the
quarantine policy for these cases, while advising Vietnamese citizens to follow
their host countries’ guidance, the PM said.
The Government leader
also asked for the postponement of big festivals and conferences across the
country to avoid mass gatherings.
Regarding students’
schooling which has been suspended since February, he assigned the Minister of
Education and Training to work with the People’s Committees of provinces and
cities to decide what suitable time they can come back to school to ensure
effective study and absolute safety.
The PM cited forecasts
as saying that COVID-19 will be well controlled in the second quarter of 2020
and the world economy will get better in the next few months.
Therefore, PM Phuc
required ministries, sectors and localities to take actions to fulfill all
socio-economic development targets assigned by the Party and the National
Assembly, and prepare for breakthrough growth in the second quarter.
He suggested reducing
interest rates, taxes and logistics fees, and rescheduling debts as concrete
measures to support the national economy.
The leader also
congratulated the country’s doctors and medical staff on the occasion of the 65th Vietnamese Doctors’ Day (February 27), and lauded their efforts in the fight
against COVID-19.
Deputy Minister of Health
Do Xuan Tuyen said that as of 9am on February 27, all 16 SARS-CoV-2-infected
patients in Vietnam were successfully treated and discharged from hospitals.
Ninety-two suspected
cases are being quarantined while 5,474 others who entered Vietnam from
affected areas and had close contact with the infected patients are under
medical supervision, he said.
Since February 13, no
more new infection cases have been recorded in the country, Tuyen said./.
Source: VietnamPlus
