The chairperson of the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee has ordered social distancing and other anti-COVID-19 measures to be tightened in an effort to bring the pandemic under control by September 15.
A police officer stands at a checkpoint on a street in HCM City (Photo: VNA)
HCM City (VNA) –The chairperson of the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee has ordered socialdistancing and other anti-COVID-19 measures to be tightened in an effort tobring the pandemic under control by September 15.
In a directive issued onAugust 22, the mayor requested leaders of local departments, sectors, andlocalities, along with enterprises, to follow the enhanced social distancingand measures against COVID-19 in a “thorough, strict, drastic, and effective”manner.
The directive stressed thatpeople is the centre and also the main player in the pandemic combat. It is the responsibility, obligation, and interest of each people to protectthemselves, their families, and the community.
It demanded tighteningcontrol over persons granted travel permits, rapidly conducting mass COVID-19testing citywide during the social distancing period to detect infected casesas soon as possible, speeding up vaccination, and setting up another 400 mobilehealth clinics.
Besides, social security mustalso be ensured, the directive said, requiring that the second support package must reach all those who have not gained access to previous support, two million bags of relief aids be prepared for the underprivileged andnutritious meals delivered for disadvantaged COVID-19 patients, and sufficient supply of foodand essential goods must be ensured for local residents under lockdown.
The mayor also orderedstronger communications to strengthen people’s trust in and awareness of enhancedsocial distancing and anti-pandemic measures, and to deal with wronginformation in a timely manner.
HCM City recorded 4,193 new casesin 24 hours as of 6pm on August 22, raising the number of local infections to175,994 in the fourth wave of COVID-19 that began on April 27./.
The Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee has agreed to conduct vaccination against COVID-19 for foreigners living, studying and working in the city, within its capacity and resources.
Ho Chi Minh City’s authorities are calling on its residents to “stay where they are” and each house, residential zone and commune must keep isolated with each other, starting from August 23.
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A police officer stands at a checkpoint on a street in HCM City (Photo: VNA) 
