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Hanoi carries out urgent tasks in response to COVID-19 outbreak

The Hanoi Party Committee has identified several urgent tasks for local authorities to complete in their efforts to contain the COVID-19 pandemic, which has spread around the capital over the last few days.
Hanoi carries out urgent tasks in response to COVID-19 outbreak ảnh 1A man gets temperature check before getting on a flight at Noi Bai International Airport in Hanoi (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) - The Hanoi Party Committee has identified severalurgent tasks for local authorities to complete in their efforts to contain theCOVID-19 pandemic, which has spread around the capital over the last few days.

The city held a meeting on February 2 chaired by Politburo member andSecretary of the municipal Party Committee Vuong Dinh Hue to discuss COVID-19prevention and control measures.

Among the priorities, relevant forces need to improve the capacity andefficiency of municipal and grassroots steering boards for COVID-19 preventionand control, enhance testing capacity, and consider the actual necessity of upcomingevents and celebrations for the Lunar New Year (Tet).

The city’s steering board was asked to zone off affected areas and testpeople having close contact with confirmed cases or returning from pandemic-hitareas, while testing more people working on the frontlines and announcingtesting results as soon as possible.

The Party Committee also requested the municipal administration andall-level steering boards prepare personnel, medical supplies, and quarantineand treatment facilities.

Authorities are set to step up communications on disease prevention measuresand provide relevant information to media outlets in a timely manner.

Meanwhile, the municipal Party Committee’s Standing Board will send moredelegations to examine anti-COVID-19 efforts in vulnerable places likeindustrial parks and schools and strictly deal with any violations.

Regarding vaccinations, Hanoi will report to the Government and workwith the Ministry of Health to ensure sufficient vaccine supply for local people,initially those at high risk, with funding from its budget and other sources.

It will push ahead with efforts to achieve the twin targets of curbingthe outbreak and sustaining socio-economic development, according to themunicipal Party Committee.

As of the afternoon of February 3, Vietnam had recorded1,911 COVID-19 cases, including 1,022 cases of community transmission.

Hanoi had posted 21 cases of community transmissionsince January 27, all linked to hotspots in Chi Linh city in Hai Duong provinceand Van Don International Airport in Quang Ninh province./.
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