Hanoians wear masks while walking around Hoan Kiem lake (Photo: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) – Hanoi authorities have issued anurgent dispatch on strengthening COVID-19 prevention and control, while thenorthern port city of Hai Phong has held a meeting for the same purpose.
Chairman of the capital People’s Committee Chu Ngoc Anhsigned the dispatch on January 6. It was delivered to heads of the municipaldepartments, sectors, and localities at all levels.
The dispatch has urged sides involved to carry out bettercommunications work to encourage people to wear masks, avoid mass gatherings,and fill up heath declarations when needed, among others.
The Hanoi Department of Health is tasked with quicklyhandling any problems arisen and closely monitoring COVID-19-related situationsin the community. Local police units are assigned to focus on preventingillegal entries and punishing violators of regulations on pandemic preventionand control, while the capital Military High Command is requested to workclosely with the health department and local administrations in tightlymanaging concentrated quarantine sites.
Also on January 6, the Hai Phong steering committee forCOVID-19 prevention and control held a meeting to intensify its work and honour33 medical staff, who volunteered to go to Da Nang to support the central city duringits outbreak last year./.
VNA
