addresses the event. (Photo: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) – Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on
January 27 held an online working session with leaders of the 63 provinces and
cities to discuss tasks and solutions to prevent and control the COVID-19, especially
during the upcoming Lunar New Year (Tet) holidays, and preparations to reopen
schools and the tourism sector.
Addressing the session, PM Chinh, who is head of the
National Steering Committee for Prevention and Control, stressed the
need to make plans to respond to possible problems in the COVID-19 control, thus
ensuring a safe and healthy Tet festival for all people.
He ordered the speeding up of the vaccination campaign in 2022 Spring. The campaign targets the completion of COVID-19 vaccination among
all children from 12-17 years old by the end of January, and all adults are also expected to receive full three shots by the end of the first quarter of the year. Further research and
preparations will be made to vaccinate the children from 5-11
years old.
COVID-19 vaccination (Photo: VNA)According to the national steering committee, as of January 26, Vietnam had recorded over 2.1 million
COVID-19 cases, including 1.9 million recoveries. So far, 166 infections of
Omicron variant have been reported, including six in the community. The fatality declined from 1.4 percent in December 2021 to 1.1 percent in
January 2022.
It affirmed that so far, the pandemic has been put under
good control across the nation, with all the localities switching to the situation
of safely and flexibly adapting to and effectively controlling COVID-19.
However, the risk of Omicron spreading is still high.
The committee warned of a higher case number in the Tet
holidays and festive season in 2022, asking all localities to seek timely and
suitable solutions to respond to the developments of the pandemic./.
Source: VietnamPlus
