Chairman of the HCM City People’s Committee Nguyen Thanh Phong speaks at the meeting. (Photo: VNA)HCM City (VNA) – Ho Chi Minh City will strictly handles, andeven consider criminal proceedings against violations of rules on epidemicprevention and control, Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Nguyen Thanh Phong said at a meeting on December 3.
He added that the city will start criminal proceedings against patient1342 for not observing epidemic prevention regulations while being quarantinedat a concentrated quarantine facility and at his accommodation.
The official also requested that the police apply similar measures tothose who refuse to make health declaration or make untrue declaration, breakquarantine rules, gather in large numbers, resist on-duty officers, speculatein goods, manipulate prices, or produce fake and low-quality goods.
He required agencies, organisations and enterprises to tighten epidemicprevention work, and ordered local departments and administrations to stayprepared for any situation.
Phong also urged the city’s residents to wear facemasks in public placesand stay away from crowded places
Director of the Health Department Nguyen Tan Binh reported that no newCOVID-19 infections were found in the city on December 3. As of 14:00 on theday, the health sector had gathered test samples from 2,344 persons, including 851F1 (persons who had direct contact with COVID-19 patients) and 1,492 F2(persons who had contact with F1). Results of 2,196 samples have becomeavailable, with three samples positive to SARS-CoV-2 (patients 1347, 1348 and1349), and 148 samples are still waiting for results.
The health department has temporarily isolated the accommodations ofpatients and nearby homes, conducted disinfection of areas related to patients,and quickly tracked those who had contact with patients.
After four COVID-19 cases were detected in the city during November 28 –December 2, many schools have temporarily closed and allowed students to takeonline lessons. Hundreds of thousands of students at all levels along withteachers and school staff members have to stop going to school.
The city administration also kept in place an order on suspending eventsand activities gathering large numbers of people when not really necessary./.
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