PM chairs meeting of steering committee for COVID-19 prevention and control
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on December 23 chaired a teleconference of the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control with leaders of 63 provinces and centrally-run cities.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh addresses the meeting (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on December23 chaired a teleconference of the National Steering Committee forCOVID-19 Prevention and Control with leaders of 63 provinces and centrally-runcities.
He said the meeting aimed to review the COVID-19 prevention andcontrol performance and set out tasks to control the pandemic and otherinfectious diseases in the New Year holidays to “not leave anyone behind”.
According to the committee, as of December 19, Vietnam hasrecorded more than 11.5 million COVID-19 infections. Over 10.6 million patientshave recovered from the disease, and more than 43,100 people have died.
In the last 30 days, there have been 12,008 new cases,declining by 23.5% compared to 30 days earlier.
As of December 18, Vietnam has administered more than 265 millionCOVID-19 vaccines. Roughly 100% of people from the age of 12 have completed thefirst two doses.
The proportion of over-18-year-old people receiving the third andthe fourth doses has reached 80% and 86.8%, respectively.
About 92.3% of children between 9 and 12 years old have receivedthe first dose. As many as 72% of children between 9 and 12 have beenadministered the second dose.
An overview of the meeting (Photo: VNA)
State agencies and localities have distributed 87 trillion VND(nearly 3.69 billion USD) to over 55.6 million citizens and nearly 1 millionemployers affected by COVID-19.
Regarding implementing Prime Minister's Decision No 08/2022/QD-TTgon supporting employees with house rental fees, by November 30, localities havedistributed more than 3.74 trillion VND to over 5.2 million employees and122,991 employers.
The steering committee predicted the pandemic would getcomplicated with new variants. In particular, the seasonal changes will causemore respiratory diseases, leading to various outbreaks simultaneously.
The New Year season involves a high intensity of travelling thatwill also create favourable conditions for illnesses to spread, especiallyamong children and the elderly with underlying conditions.
PM Chinh ordered participants to give comments on the COVID-19treatment and vaccination, especially for children, as well as problemsthat the steering committee needs to solve./.
Despite many difficulties, import and export activities continued to be a bright spot in economic recovery of Ho Chi Minh City in particular and Vietnam in general, according to experts.
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Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh addresses the meeting (Photo: VNA) 
An overview of the meeting (Photo: VNA) 
