Hanoi expands COVID-19 testing

Hanoi will expand COVID-19 testing for F2 cases and those in quarantined and high-risk areas to prevent the spread of the pandemic, said Vice Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Chu Xuan Dung.
Hanoi expands COVID-19 testing ảnh 1Testing COVID-19 at a school in Hanoi (Photo: VNA) 
Hanoi (VNA) – Hanoi will expand COVID-19 testingfor F2 cases and those in quarantined and high-risk areas to prevent the spreadof the pandemic, said Vice Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee ChuXuan Dung. 

During a meeting of the municipal Steering Committee forCOVID-19 Prevention and Control on February 3, Dung suggested localities andunits concerned continue tracing and testing not only F1 but also F2 and F3cases.

Of them, F1 cases must be under concentrated quarantine, F2at homes and F3 under medical supervision.

Buses were required to not carry more than half of theircapacity and over 20 passengers. Localities must closely monitor the suspensionof bars, karaoke parlors, game and Internet shops, seriously punish violatorsand raise public awareness of prevention and control effort.

According to the committee, Hanoi recorded two more COVID-19cases in the community from February 1 to 2pm on February 3.

The outlying district of Me Linh is one of the high-riskareas with three infection cases in Tien Thang commune. Medical staff areworking with communes and townships to trace F1, F2, F3 cases related tothem./.
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