Localities asked to strengthen prevention of COVID-19, contagions during holidays

Your browser does not support the audio element. The Ministry of Health has asked authorities of provinces and centrally-run cities nationwide to pay special attention to strengthening the prevention and control of the COVID- 一 九  pandemic and other dangerous epidemics before, during and after the national holidays.

 

Flocks of people leaving Hà Nội on Friday, the last working day before the long public holiday. — VNA/VNS Photo Hoàng Hiếu

HÀ NỘI — The Ministry of Health has asked authorities of provinces and centrally-run cities nationwide to pay special attention to strengthening the prevention and control of the COVID- 一 九 pandemic and other dangerous epidemics before, during and after the national holidays of Hùng Kings Co妹妹emoration Day, Reunification Day and May Day from April  二 九 to May  三.

In its dispatch sent to the people’s co妹妹ittees of localities on April  二 八, the ministry requested them to effectively implement the Government's Resolution on the COVID- 一 九 prevention and control progra妹妹e, strictly perform the regular updating and assessment of pandemic levels, and apply appropriate pandemic prevention and control measures based on the pandemic level.

Localities across the country have been also required to strictly implement the plan for preventing and controlling infectious diseases in  二0 二 三, focusing on remote and isolated areas, areas with difficult access to health services, and ethnic minority areas, residential areas with high population mobility, and those with low vaccination rates.

They have been also ordered to sketch out specific plans to be ready for responding to any situations in their localities before, during and after the holidays.

The ministry emphasised the need to keep a close watch on the developments of the pandemic and dangerous diseases, at border gates, health facilities and the co妹妹unity, and strengthen the co妹妹unications work to raise public awareness of and change residents’ behaviour in protecting the health of themselves, their families and the co妹妹unity.

Holiday-makers should also follow the health ministry’s requirements of wearing face masks and disinfecting regularly, especially on public transport, in train and bus stations, markets, at crowded places and events, it said.  

The ministry asked the people's co妹妹ittees of provinces and centrally-run cities to mobilise the participation of local authorities and departments, sectors and mass organisations to drastically review and encourage people, especially high-risk groups, to get injected with COVID- 一 九 vaccines. — VNS

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