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HCM City calls on people to “stay where they are” as COVID-19 surges

Ho Chi Minh City’s authorities are urging its residents to “stay where they are” and each house, residential zone and commune must keep isolated with each other, starting from August 23.
HCM City calls on people to “stay where they are” as COVID-19 surges ảnh 1In front of the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee Headquarters. (Photo: VNA)
HCM City (VNA) – Ho Chi Minh City’sauthorities are urging its residents to “stay where they are” and each house,residential zone and commune must keep isolated from each other, startingfrom August 23.

The decision was announced by the municipal Steering Committee forCOVID-19 Prevention and Control during a press conference on the city’sCOVID-19 situation on August 20.

The committee is heightening pandemic control measures bycalling “each residential zone, street, ward, commune, township, organization,and factory must be a 'fortress' to prevent the spread of COVID-19.”

The city will also redouble efforts to care for COVID-19patients, particularly those in critical conditions, and minimise fatalities.It will continue conducting mass testing at red-coded or “very high-risk” areasand accelerate COVID-19 vaccination rollout.

The city’s COVID-19 situation remains very complex, saidPhan Nguyen Nhu Khue, head of the municipal Party Committee’s Board forInformation and Education, so COVID-19 measures must be tightened to achievethe highest possible results as the government has requested HCM City to keepthe virus at bay before September 15.

The city has also come up with plans to ensure adequatesupplies of necessities to people during the time of heightening COVID-19 rules.

HCM City, Vietnam’s current largest COVID-19 hotspot, hasso far recorded over 164,000 infections./.
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