Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Nguyen Thanh Phong decided to apply these measures atan urgent meeting of the city's Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention andControl on May 30.
Phong ordered authorities of districts and Thu Duc city to strictly follow theprevious instructions of the municipal People's Committee.
Meanwhile, local production enterprises and establishments selling essential goods must build pandemic prevention plans to ensure safe productionand business, he said.
Addressing the meeting, Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh said he agreed with HCM City's decision to impose sociali distancing, noting that the city’s leaders need to take measures to urgentlytrace high-risk cases in the community, especially those related to "Hoi thanh truyen giao Phuc Hung" (RevivalEkklesia Mission).
He also underlined the need to ensureboth uninterrupted production and strict implementation of COVID19 preventionregulations in factories and businesses, as well as have backup plans to ensure adequate supply of essentialgoods to local people.
According to Director of the municipal Departmentof Health Nguyen Tan Binh, the city has so far recorded 379 COVID-19 cases,including 133 infections detected since May 26. Of those, 126 infections are related to the pandemic cluster at the Revival Ekklesia Mission./.