Quarantine – top solution to prevent COVID-19: Hanoi leader
Quarantine is still the top solution to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) that causes the COVID-19, according to Secretary of Hanoi Party Committee Vuong Dinh Hue.
Secretary of the Hanoi Party Committee Vuong Dinh Hue (standing) speaks at a working session with Hanoi's steering committee for COVID-19 prevention and control (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Quarantine is still the top solution to preventthe spread of the new coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) that causes the COVID-19,according to Secretary of Hanoi Party Committee Vuong Dinh Hue.
Hue made the affirmation at a working session with the city’s steeringcommittee for COVID-19 prevention and control on March 2.
“The most important thing is to make information transparent,” he said.
The Party official also laid stress on environmental hygiene and sterilizationof schools, offices and other public places.
He said absolute safety at schools must be ensured when students returnto school, adding that the municipal authorities should make the decision onwhether to resume schools based on the development of the epidemic from now toMarch 8. Schools in Hanoi have stayed closed since February 3 and will remainso until March 8.
Hue also required relevant agencies to prepare plans for teaching ontelevision in the worst scenario when students would have to continue to stayat home.
The official asked the health sector to stay vigilant and ensure thesupply of medical supplies for epidemic control, noting that the epidemic hasentered a new period when it has spread to many countries worldwide with unpredictabledevelopments.
At the same time, Hanoi must continue to implement measures to maintain thesocio-economic growth momentum, he said.
According to Director of the city’s Health Department Nguyen Khac Hien, asof March 1 Hanoi had not reported any new case of COVID-19. At present, 2,240people returning from epidemic-hit areas are being quarantined at fourfacilities, while 2,115 are under monitoring at home.
Medical establishments in Hanoi are now capable of providing 5,000 bedsfor treating COVID-19 patients. In case of the epidemic happening and spreading,the city will set up two specialized hospitals, each with a capacity of 600beds.
So far, there havebeen 16 confirmed COVID-19 cases in Vietnam and all patients have been curedand discharged from hospitals./.
The northern province of Vinh Phuc received on February 28 medical equipment and materials presented by Toyota Vietnam to help with the fight against the acute respiratory disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19).
The national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines announced on February 28 that it will exempt fees of changing flight itinerary or departure date for Korean passengers who are affected by the suspension of visa-free entry amid the COVID-19 outbreak in the Republic of Korea.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has liaised with relevant agencies of the Republic of Korea (RoK) and asked for effective treatment of a Vietnamese citizen contracting COVID-19 in Daegu city.
The Ministry of Health (MoH) on February 29 continued to urge localities nationwide to push ahead with quarantining people from some countries hit by COVID-19, given high risk of recording new cases.
The Hanoi-based Noi Bai International Airport and Tan Son Nhat International Airport in Ho Chi Minh City has suspended receiving flights carrying passengers from the Republic of Korea (RoK) due to the complicated developments of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) as from March 1, said the Civil Aviation Administration of Vietnam (CAV).
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This case marks the ninth fetal cardiac intervention conducted in HCM City, and it was considered the most technically demanding to date due to the fetus’s extremely early gestational age and the severity of the condition as diagnosed with aortic atresia.
The groundbreaking ceremony took place one day after the VNVC Vaccine JS Company and Sanofi Group exchanged cooperation documents on vaccine production technology transfer under the witness of State President Luong Cuong and French President Emmanuel Macron.
Vietnam’s traditional medicine took centre stage at the International Congress Biopharm Nonclinical Development, BioNCiD 2025, held on May 25-26 in the Cuban city of Varadero, amid growing global interest in sustainable healthcare solutions.
Under the agreement, VNVC and Sanofi will gradually implement technology transfers to enable domestic production of several key Sanofi vaccines that are widely used in Vietnam. In addition, Sanofi will support VNVC in training human resources and quality management in vaccine research and manufacturing.
Despite the ongoing global circulation and unpredictable developments of SARS-CoV-2, the World Health Organisation (WHO) hasn’t issued new warnings about COVID-19, said the Ministry of Health.
Secretary of the Hanoi Party Committee Vuong Dinh Hue (standing) speaks at a working session with Hanoi's steering committee for COVID-19 prevention and control (Photo: VNA) 
