Secretary of the Quang Ninh Party Committee and Chairman of the provincial People’s Council Nguyen Xuan Ky (standing) chairs an urgent meeting to urgently respond to the fresh COVID-19 outbreak in the province. (Photo: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) – The northern province of is considering
placing , where a large number of residents had close contact
with new COVID-19 cases in neighbouring Hai Duong province, under lockdown, an
online meeting on the evening of January 28 heard.
Chaired by Secretary of the Quang Ninh Party Committee and Chairman of
the provincial People’s Council Nguyen Xuan Ky, the meeting gathered authorities
from provincial to communal levels to urgently respond to the fresh COVID-19
outbreak in the province.
Quang Ninh is fully capable of controling the situation, Ky said,
ordering relevant authorities to keep a close watch on the virus’s development
in the province and nearby areas and give the highest priority to contact
tracing. All employees of the Vietnam Poyun Electronics Co., Ltd. and from Hai
Duong, as well as their close contacts, must be put under quarantine, he
demanded.
He especially raised concern over Dong Trieu town, which shares a border
with Hai Duong’s Chi Linh city, one of the two latest COVID-19 hotspots.
Reports indicate that 119 residents in the town who work for the Hai
Duong-based Vietnam Poyun Electronics company are being quarantined. Eight
villages in Dong Trieu’s Binh Duong and An Sinh communes have imposed social
distancing measures after eight new infections were identified. The town now
has 43 F1 and 900 F2 cases, having direct and indirect contact, respectively,
with new COVID-19 patients.
The secretary further requested the urgent procurement of extra
coronavirus testing equipment, allowing the province to maximise its testing
efforts. Local departments and agencies must prevent goods shortages during the
upcoming Tet (Lunar New Year) holiday, minimise the effects of COVID-19 on
people, particularly the vulnerable, and tighten control and surveillance along
the border and coastline to prevent illegal entries, he added.
As of 6pm on January 28, Quang Ninh had detected 13 new COVID-19 cases.
In Hanoi, authorities have also been on high alert after new infections
in the capital were found to be linked to the fresh outbreaks in Quang Ninh and
Hai Duong.
In an urgent meeting on the evening of the same day, Secretary of the
Party Committee Vuong Dinh Hue demanded swifter and more drastic actions to
stem the spread of the coronavirus.
Contact tracing of F1, F2, and F3 cases must be completed in three days,
Hue said, stressing the city’s determination to once again come out victorious
against .
Director of the municipal Department of Health Nguyen Khac Hien voiced
his concern over the current complex situation, saying the virus could break
out in other cities and provinces and Hanoi is not immune.
As the Tet holiday, which is a time of family reunion, is just around
the corner, Hien said that traditionally people want to go home for the holiday
so there will be a greater risk of transmission from imported cases.
Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Chu Ngoc Anh, meanwhile,
said the city will trigger a higher alert level against the virus and soon
issue an official dispatch on combating the new variants./.
Source: VietnamPlus
