Behaviour change a must to safely live with COVID-19: Deputy PM
As Vietnam has entered the “new normal” phase, people must change their behaviours to safely live with COVID-19, Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam told a meeting in Hanoi on October 18.
Vietnam was among the first countries in the world to successfully isolate and culture the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2. (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – As Vietnam has entered the “newnormal” phase, people must change their behaviours to safely live with COVID-19,Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam told a meeting in Hanoi on October 18.
The meeting was held by the Ministry of Science andTechnology to discuss impacts of COVID-19 on the socio-economic development and what the science and technology sector has done to support the COVID-19 fight, as well as to propose tech solutions for issues arising in the “new normal.”
Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam. (Photo: VNA)
The Deputy PM highly appreciated the contributions made by scientists across Vietnam to the pandemic fight, noting drugs and vaccine remain key to the current COVID-19 prevention and control.
In his remarks, Deputy Minister of Science and TechnologyBui The Duy said the science and technology sector has conducted research and developed products to assist the country’s COVID-19 response since the outset ofthe pandemic.
Vietnam was among the first countries in the world to successfully isolate and culture the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, he said,adding that the Ministry of Science and Technology has also coordinated withrelevant ministries and agencies to launch a digital knowledge system and informationteam for rapid response to the COVID-19 situation.
COVID-19 test kit co-developed by Viet A Company and the Military Medical Academy. (Photo: VNA)
During the meeting, scientists and specialists putforward various solutions to contain the COVID-19 in the coming time, severalof which are AI-based solutions for helping with the treatment of COVID-19 patients at home. Someparticipants suggested mechanisms to engage privatehealthcare providers in COVID-19 fight.
Minister of Science and Technology Huynh Thanh Dat saidhis ministry plans to focus on developing home-grown vaccines and medicineagainst COVID-19 while implementing the national programme on human vaccine R&Dby 2030./.
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Hanoi is now at Level 1 in COVID-19 prevention and control, which means Hanoi is a “green zone” with the low pandemic risk and in the “new normal” status, according to the municipal Centre for Disease Control (CDC).
The Vietnam-Germany Friendship Hospital in Hanoi is allowed to resume providing medical examination and treatment in a new normal from 0am on October 18, according to a dispatch by the Ministry of Health.
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Under the theme “Breakthrough Era with the Development of Industrial Internet”, the event gathered over 400 delegates, including senior officials, leading Internet experts, and technology engineers from Vietnam and abroad.
Vietnam was among the first countries in the world to successfully isolate and culture the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2. (Photo: VNA)
Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam. (Photo: VNA)
COVID-19 test kit co-developed by Viet A Company and the Military Medical Academy. (Photo: VNA)
