Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has issued a directive on several urgent measures to fight the COVID-19 pandemic, after 83 community transmissions of the SARS-CoV-2 variant were found in the northern provinces of Hai Duong and Quang Ninh on January 27 and 28.
A man is filling in a health declaration at Bach Dang bridge station, Quang Yen township, Quang Ninh province (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) - Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has issued a directiveon several urgent measures to fight the COVID-19 pandemic, after 83 communitytransmissions of the SARS-CoV-2 variant were found in the northern provinces ofHai Duong and Quang Ninh on January 27 and 28.
In the directive, issued after the detection of the largest number ofcommunity transmissions so far, the PM requested a lockdown of the entire ChiLinh city in Hai Duong and a serious application of social distancing measures for21 days, starting from midday on January 28.
Activities at schools, public spaces, and entertainment areas, and non-essentialbusiness operations must be suspended, and so is public passenger transportfrom Chi Linh to elsewhere, except for public missions or essential cases.
In Quang Ninh, the operation of the Van Don International Airport mustbe suspended from midday on January 28.
The Chairman of the Quang Ninh Provincial People’s Committee wasrequired to shut down the establishments that fail to ensure prevention andcontrol measures are followed, rapidly trace F1 and F2 cases, zone off affectedareas, conduct testing on a large scale, quarantine for 21 days those who hadclose contact with patients, and consider imposing social distancing based on theinfection risk in each area.
Chairpersons of centrally-run cities and provinces must directmonitoring, prevention and control efforts at medical establishments, schools,industrial parks, factories, and crowded areas; and urge residents to wearmasks, avoid public gatherings, and keep a safe distance apart in public spaces.Localities must also enhance inspections and seriously punish violators.
The Ministry of Health was assigned to promptly assist Quang Ninh andHai Duong in effectively dealing with all contingencies.
The Ministries of National Defence,Public Security, and Health, and the People’s Committees of centrally-runcities and provinces must boost measures to closely control immigration andseriously punish any illegal entry./.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has ordered all people living and working in the northern provinces of Hai Duong and Quang Ninh not to travel to other localities, to contain the spread of the coronavirus following the confirmation of over 80 cases of community transmitted cases of COVID-19 in the two provinces over the past 24 hours.
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The strategic product, managed and operated by the Vietnam News Agency Digital Media Centre (VNA Media), is an official channel for popularising the Party and State’s information and documents as well as delivering mainstream and trustworthy news to both domestic and international audiences through various kinds of multimedia formats.
Since President Ho Chi Minh founded Thanh Nien (Young People) newspaper in 1925, the Vietnamese revolutionary press has become the voice of the people. During the resistance war against the colonialists, journalists took great personal risks to inspire patriotism and the will of rising up against foreign invaders.
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A man is filling in a health declaration at Bach Dang bridge station, Quang Yen township, Quang Ninh province (Photo: VNA) 
