Many people seen on Ha Giang street amid COVID-19 outbreak (Source: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) - Localities with a low risk of the COVID-19 pandemic arenonetheless not safe amid the outbreak, a health expert has said.
At a Cabinet meetingon the afternoon of April 15, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc agreed with a proposalfrom the National Steering Committee on COVID-19 Prevention and Control on classifyingthe risk in different localities.
Twelve cities andprovinces face a high risk of infection, the group with mediumrisk comprises 15 cities and provinces, and the low-risk group include the remaining 36 cities and provinces.
However, AssociateProfessor Tran Dac Phu, former head of the General Department of PreventiveMedicine and adviser to Vietnam’s public health emergency operations center,said these classifications are resulting in many people believing that low-risk localities are completely safe.
Nowhere and no one inVietnam, he explained, is completely safe from COVID-19.
He took the northernmountainous province of Ha Giang as an example. It is classified as a low-risklocality but reported its first infection on the morning of April 16.
Everyone, he said, includingthose in low-risk localities, must remain vigilant and strictly obey preventionand control measures such as wearing face masks, washing hands withantibacterial soap or sanitiser, and keeping a distance of at least 2 meters awayfrom others.
Social distancing isextremely important, he emphasised, recommending that everyone with a fever andcough make medical declarations to be tested.
After its firstinfection was reported, Ha Giang province held an urgent teleconference to identifyand adopt appropriate measures and boost its communications activities withlocals, especially ethnic minority groups in remote areas./.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on April 13 ordered the serious continuation of the implementation of Directive No.16 and anti-COVID-19 strategy to mitigate the risk of infection in the community.
The National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control on April 15 agreed to propose Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc apply the social distancing policy for at least one more week in localities with high risks.
Twelve localities deemed to have high risk of COVID-19 spread, including Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, will continue to implement social distancing measures under Directive 16 of the Prime Minister to April 22 or 30, or even longer, if infections continue to be detected.
Social distancing measures need to be lifted in a gradual and prudent manner that suits each locality’s situation so as to achieve the dual target of effectively controlling the COVID-19 pandemic and ensuring socio-economic development, according to Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc.
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Many people seen on Ha Giang street amid COVID-19 outbreak (Source: VNA) 
