Chairman of the Hanoi People’s Committee Nguyen Duc Chung speaks at the teleconference. (Photo: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) – All sectors, communes and wards in the capital cityof Hanoi must promote communication work to raise awareness of local people andvisitors of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in a move to preventthe novel virus’ spread.
Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Nguyen Duc Chung made the order ata teleconference on February 26.
He stressed competent authorities should be well informed of any cases withfever, cough and shortness of breath to have rational response measures.
Given the complicated development of the outbreak in the Republic of Korea (RoK)and Japan, as well as high-risk of COVID-19 infection in Hanoi, Chung said thecity will decide the exact date of school resumption in the end of this week.
According to Vice Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Ngo Van Quy,returnees who made entries or travelled to coronavirus-hit areas in the RoKwill be sent to quarantine sites, while home-quarantine is applied for those comingfrom affected localities for less than 14 days.
The municipal Department of Health reported that as of 18:00 on February 26, 84suspected cases tested negative for the virus. Among 2,170 people traveling fromcoronavirus-stricken areas, 329 were still under close health observation,including 26 from the RoK.
The health department and the municipal Military High Command have proposed themunicipal People’s Committee establish two acute respiratory disease hospitalswhich are able to receive 3,000 patients./.
VNA
