Doctors from Sai Gon Eyes Hospital provide free eye tests for in HCM City (Source: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) – The Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and
Control asked provinces and cities nationwide to strengthen the prevention of
COVID-19 for the elderly on March 19.
The move was put forward in response to the development of COVID-19 across the
country and worldwide.
The People’s Committees of provinces and cities are requested to urgently
direct relevant agencies take specific measures to strengthen prevention of the
epidemic for the elderly, people with underlying diseases and other
.
Localities are requested to count and strictly manage the health of the
elderly, especially people with underlying medical conditions and other
high-risk groups
Families of elderly people, people with underlying medical conditions and
high-risk groups are recommended to minimise going out to public areas and
contact with others. When experiencing health problems, they must immediately
contact the commune health department, ward or family doctor.
They should visit medical facilities only in cases of real necessity or
emergency, medical examination and treatment (out of drugs, dose adjustment
required) and always use a mask and disinfect their hands when they go out.
The committee also suggested health facilities to provide medicine for
treatment of chronic diseases for a longer time (at least two months) to the
elderly, people with diseases and other high risk groups.
Localities are required to implement electronic medical declarations or
electronic records, of which priority should be given to the declaration for
people aged 60 and older and people with underlying medical conditions,
non-communicable diseases or other high risk groups.
The elderly are Vietnamese citizens who are 60 years of age or older, according
to the Law on the Elderly./.
Source: VietnamPlus
