Vietnam determined to put COVID-19 pandemic under control
Vietnam will definitely control and contain the spread of COVID-19 in the community if the directions of the Politburo, the Party Central Committee's Secretariat, the Government, the Prime Minister, and the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control are properly and strictly followed, heard a meeting of the Steering Committee in Hanoi on April 1.
Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam, head of the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control, speaks at the meeting (Photo:VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) - Vietnam will definitely control and contain the spread of COVID-19 in the community if the directions of thePolitburo, the Party Central Committee's Secretariat, the Government, the PrimeMinister, and the National SteeringCommittee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control are properly and strictly followed, heard ameeting of the Steering Committee held in Hanoi on April 1 with Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam, head of the committee, in the chair.
Participants said Vietnam has actively applied measures at an early date, and is also one of the few countries that suspend visa exemption andrestrict entry.
The country has established mechanisms to detect infected people and those at riskof infection in order to quarantine them as quickly as possible. At present, attention is paid to monitoring cases related to Buddha barin Ho Chi Minh City and Bach Mai Hospital in Hanoi, which have been identified as the mainsources of infection.
Members of the committee said every citizen needs to strictlyabide by disease prevention instructions of the health sector, especially minimisingcontacts and outings, and often washing hands with soap or disinfectant solution.
Vice Chairman of the Hanoi People’s Committee Ngo Van Quy affirmedthat the outbreak at Bach Mai Hospital has been basically put under control.
Hanoi's hospitals currently have adequate facilities and equipment to treat1,000 COVID-19 cases, Quy said, adding that the city’s testing capacity canreach about 1,800 samples per day.
The municipal authority has also built treatment plan incase the number of patients increase dramatically many times, he stressed.
The Steering Committee asked theMinistry of Health to mobilise more forces to coordinate with Hanoi to test all those related to Bach Mai Hospital assoon as possible./ .
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Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam, head of the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control, speaks at the meeting (Photo:VNA) 
