Ministry urges safe treatment of COVID-19-related waste
The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MoNRE) has urged cities and provinces to take measures in environmental protection and the treatment of COVID-19-related waste.
A sanitation worker collects and transports waste at COVID-19 isolation facilities. (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – The Ministry of NaturalResources and Environment (MoNRE) has urged cities and provinces to takemeasures in environmental protection and the treatment of COVID-19-related waste.
In a document issued on July 23, the ministry askedPeople’s Committees of cities and provinces to instruct specialised agencies toguide and monitor waste collection, management and transfer at medicalfacilities and quarantine areas in line with regulations set by the NationalSteering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control.
Local authorities must direct organisations andindividuals to strictly manage medical waste as well as garbage discharged fromdaily activities at working places, factory dormitories,families, commercial centres, supermarkets, markets, restaurants, apartmentbuildings and funerals.
The areas where COVID-19 cases are detected must bedisinfected, according to the ministry.
The ministry asked municipal and provincial People’sCommittees to instruct local Departments of Natural Resources and Environmentto coordinate with Departments of Health in guiding agencies and units inlocalities to contact competent agencies to handle medical waste.
For localities that are unable to manageCOVID-19-related waste, provincial People’s Committees need to call for supportof other localities, the ministry said./.
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A sanitation worker collects and transports waste at COVID-19 isolation facilities. (Photo: VNA) 
