Hanoi students study online after their schools close to ensure COVID-19 prevention and control (Photo: VNA)Speaking at a working session with the capital city’sleaders on pandemic prevention and control works on February 1, Long noted thatthis time the coronavirus has a high transmission rate, as one patient can transmitthe disease to 10 others or more, not just 4-5 people like before.
The incubation period also decreased from 4-5 days to 1-2days after contacting with the patients, he stressed.
Therefore, the capital city should change its methods ofCOVID-19 response, he stated, emphasising the need to consider all the secondgeneration of infections (F1s) as suspected infections and trace for all F1 andF2 cases.
The Health Minister urged Hanoi to speed up COVID-19testing, zone off the areas where the infected cases are detected at a broaderscale, and request all locals to wear face masks when going out.
The Health Ministry is willing to provide maximum supportfor Hanoi, and assigns the National Hospital of Tropical Diseases to help inthe treatment.
Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Chu Ngoc Anhaffirmed that right after the working session, the committee will ask relevantunits to continue strengthening efforts and increasing the testing andtreatment capacity to quickly put the pandemic under control.
As of late February 1, the city recorded 19 infections, allrelated to the new outbreaks detected in Hai Duong province and Quang Ninhprovince.
Following directions of the municipal People’s Committee,all educational institutions officially suspended operations from February 1 toensure disease prevention and control./.
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