Phu Yen, Khanh Hoa asked to strictly follow social distancing measures
Strict implementation of social distancing measures is crucial in COVID-19 prevention and control, stressed Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam at an online meeting with leaders of the south central provinces of Phu Yen and Khanh Hoa on July 9.
Hanoi (VNA) – Strict implementation of socialdistancing measures is crucial in COVID-19 prevention and control, stressedDeputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam at an online meeting with leaders of the southcentral provinces of Phu Yen and Khanh Hoa on July 9.
Phu Yen and Khanh Hoa are among localities experiencingcomplicated developments of the pandemic.
So far, Phu Yen has reported 425 infections with about 3,500F1s (people having close contact with infection cases). It has set up four COVID-19 treatment hospitals with a total of 400 beds, along with threequarantine sites at provincial level accommodating about 800 people and 43 others indistricts with capacity of hosting nearly 3,000 people. It has designed plansto ensure quarantine facilities for up to 7,000 people.
Phu Yen has raised its testing capacity to 3,000samples per day.
Meanwhile, Khanh Hoa has seen 146 COVID-19 cases in thecommunity since June 23, with 1,365 F1s.
The locality’s Realtime RT-PCR testing capacity has reachedabout 10,000 samples per day. The locality plans to allow F1s to take homequarantine.
Addressing the meeting, Deputy PM Dam asked the localities to tighten supervisionon the implementation of social distancing measures regardless the scale ofcoverage.
Along with speeding up the tracing of people having contact with COVID-19 patients, the provinces should focus on giving COVID-19 tests forworkers in large-scale factories, he stressed.
He asked the Ministry of Health to dispatch more forces tosupport Phu Yen as the province’s treatment capacity remains modest.
Regarding the plan of allowing F1s to take home quarantine, the Deputy PM remindedthe localities to classify F1 cases basing on various data, while ensuring closewatch on the implementation of pandemic prevention and control measures intheir family to reduce the risk of coronavirus spreading.
He also asked the Health Ministry to give assistance toKhanh Hoa in COVID-19 rapid test.
Along with the central-level support, the two localities should assist each other in pandemicfight, he added./.
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Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam (Photo: VNA) 
