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Gia Lai steps up COVID-19 prevention, control efforts

A delegation from the Ministry of Health, led by Deputy Minister Do Xuan Tuyen, joined a working session on February 3 with authorities in the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai amid a surge of locally-transmitted COVID-19 cases in the area.
Gia Lai steps up COVID-19 prevention, control efforts ảnh 1Assoc. Prof. Dr Phan Trong Lan, Director of the Pasteur Institute in Ho Chi Minh City, speaks at the working session (Photo: VNA)
Gia Lai (VNA) - A delegation from the Ministry of Health,led by Deputy Minister Do Xuan Tuyen, joined a working session on February 3 withauthorities in the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai amid a surge oflocally-transmitted COVID-19 cases in the area.

The province had documented 14 infections as of 7am on February 3. Tracingand quarantine of F1 cases who had close contact with COVID-19 patients havebeen stepped up since the first positive cases were detected.

The local health sector has mobilised all personnel and resources, incombination with assistance from other agencies, to conduct contact tracing.More than 1,320 citizens are now under quarantine at 14 establishments in theprovince.

Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee Vo Ngoc Thanh asked theMinistry of Health to send medical equipment and experts to the province forthe establishment of a 200-bed hospital for COVID-19 treatment.

Testing devices capable of collecting about 1,500 - 3,000 samples a dayare set to arrive in Gia Lai in the next few days, according to Assoc. Prof. DrPhan Trong Lan, Director of the Pasteur Institute in Ho Chi Minh City.

The ministry has ordered relevant agencies to compile healthregulations in pandemic-hit localities and review all local medicalestablishments to help the COVID-19 hospitals.

The province was also requested to bolster communications work onCOVID-19 prevention and control among ethnic minority groups and impose strictfines on those not wearing facemasks in public./.
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