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Health sector must overcome difficulties, prioritise public health: PM

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on May 15 encouraged the health sector to overcome difficulties and shortcomings and consider protecting public health the first and foremost task.
Health sector must overcome difficulties, prioritise public health: PM ảnh 1Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on May 15 encouraged thehealth sector to overcome difficulties and shortcomings and consider protecting public health the first and foremost task.

In a working session with leading officials of the Ministry of Health, PM Chinh stressed the need to ensure safety and success ofthe upcoming elections of the 15th National Assembly andall-level People’s Councils for the 2021-2026 tenure.

To that end, the health sector and others must continue stepping up inspection and perfection of mechanisms andpolicies on COVID-19 prevention and control, he stressed.

It is necessary to promote proactive testing, and speed upthe implementation of a “vaccine strategy” by increasing access to effectivevaccine sources and stepping up vaccinations.

The Government leader called for a change in the popularisation ofpandemic prevention and control so the people will voluntarily join the fight for their own health and for national interests.

Health sector must overcome difficulties, prioritise public health: PM ảnh 2Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh speaks at the working session (Photo: VNA)
PM Chinh directed the sector to carry out urgent tasks,including completing institutions, mechanisms and policies in accordance with thesituation, raising the quality of human resources, especially in remoteareas, investing in developing specific medicine, mobilising all legalresources in bettering health care, and stepping up the application ofinformation technology in the sector.

Speaking at the meeting, Minister of Health Nguyen ThanhLong said that the number of new COVID-19 cases in Vietnam may continueincreasing; however, the sources of infection of all new cases have beenidentified.

Regarding the testing capacity, Long stated that Vietnam nowcan test nearly 66,000 samples per day, and increase to 290,000 samples at maximum if necessary.

As of May 13, 969,730 vaccine doses had been injected, hesaid, adding that there are four domestic companies researching and producingvaccines against the disease./.
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