Vice Chairman of the Hanoi People’s Committee Chu Xuan Dung speaks at a meeting of the city's Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control (Photo: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) – Authoritiesin Hanoi haveordered the temporary closure of online game and internet shops from February 2 early morning, as part of theefforts to contain the spread of COVID-19 pandemic in the city, according toVice Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Chu Xuan Dung.
Previously, municipal authorities ordered the closure of barsand karaoke clubs to avoid large crowds, and requiredrestaurants to have partitions.
Addressing a meeting of themunicipal Steering Committee for COVID-19 Preventionand Control on February 1, Deputy Director of the municipal Department ofHealth Hoang Duc Hanh said Hanoi had so far recorded 19 COVID-19 cases linked to the COVID-19 outbreaks in northern Hai Duong and Quang Ninh provinces.
The zoning, tracing and quarantine for F1 cases were urgently implemented, Hanhnoted.
Affirming that this new wave ofCOVID-19 spreads quickly and can become more complicated, Hanh proposed toraise the prevention work by one level.
He said that the COVID-19contact tracing must be quickened, towards swiftly collecting samples and quarantiningof those from pandemic-hit areas.
Hanoi has so far identified about15,000 people relating to the outbreaks in Hai Duong and Quang Ninh, of them10,000 have been tested, he said.
Vice Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Chu Xuan Dung asked relevantagencies to arrange concentrated quarantine for F1 cases, and focus on tracingF1, F2 and F3 cases.
In a meeting with the municipal People’s Committee the sameday, DeputyPrime Minister Vu Duc Dam urged Hanoi authorities to complete the collection ofsamples for those from pandemic-hit areas before January 4./.
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