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Ministry asks for acceleration of quick COVID-19 testing for drivers

The Ministry of Transport has directed its Department of Health to speed up rapid testing for drivers in localities across the country using 100,000 COVID-19 quick test kits allocated by the Government, according to Deputy Minister of Transport Le Dinh Tho.
Ministry asks for acceleration of quick COVID-19 testing for drivers ảnh 1Ministry asks for acceleration of quick COVID-19 testing for drivers. - Illustrative image (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) - The Ministry of Transport has directed its Department of Health tospeed up rapid testing for drivers in localities across the country using 100,000COVID-19 quick test kits allocated bythe Government, according to Deputy Minister of Transport Le Dinh Tho.

The Departmentof Health of the ministry will support localities in the work, he said,noting that this is hoped to directly support  transport enterprises.

According to Tho, the quick testing is effectively implement in southernlocalities, especially in Ho Chi Minh City and those imposing social distancingmeasures under the Prime Minister's Directive 16.

Statistics show that over 2,700 COVID-19 quick test kits were used for drivers nationwideafter more than a week of implementation.

So far, as many as 24,000 COVID-19 quick test kits have been handed over to localities,including 3,000 of those delivered to HCM City – thecurrent biggest COVID-19 hotspot.

As of August 4, a total of 1,700 quick test kits were used for driversin HCM City, with four people tested positive for coronavirus SARS-CoV-2.

Deputy Minister Tho said to contain the spread of the pandemic,the ministry has directed its units and the Departments of Transport of localitiesto request vehicle owners and drivers to strictly andfully comply with regulations on COVID-19 prevention and control under theguidance of the Ministry of Health./.
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