PM orders residents in Hai Duong, Quang Ninh not to leave localities
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has ordered all people living and working in the northern provinces of Hai Duong and Quang Ninh not to travel to other localities, to contain the spread of the coronavirus following the confirmation of over 80 cases of community transmitted cases of COVID-19 in the two provinces over the past 24 hours.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc speaks at the urgent meeting (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) - Prime Minister NguyenXuan Phuc has ordered all people living and working in the northern provincesof Hai Duong and Quang Ninh not to travel to other localities, to contain thespread of the coronavirus following the confirmation of over 80 cases ofcommunity transmitted cases of COVID-19 in the two provinces over the past 24hours.
The PM convened an urgent meeting on COVID-19prevention and control work on January 28 morning at the National ConventionHall where the 13th National Party Congress is taking place.
Phuc spoke highly of the drastic and promptactions taken by the Health Ministry, the National Steering Committee forCOVID-19 Prevention and Control, and Hai Duong and Quang Ninh to trace people havingpossible contact with patients and to zone off newly-detected outbreaks.
He asked ministries, sectors, and localities tocarry out stricter measures, continue screening, and identify the reason andthe root for the outbreaks.
Publicizing information is essential but shouldnot make people overly concerned, PM Phuc stressed, highlighting the need to promoteprevention and control measures.
Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam, head of thesteering committee, asked for the activation of the pandemic prevention andcontrol mechanism and system in a hypothetical situation of there being tens ofthousands of infections.
He requested that all localities review theirprevention measures, especially on the threshold of the Lunar New Year holiday,with a focus on airports, public transport, medical facilities, schools,offices, and markets.
Vietnam has reported 84 new COVID-19 cases overthe last 24 hours, including 73 in Hai Duong and 11 in Quang Ninh. Of thetotal, two were confirmed late on January 27 and the remainder on the morning ofJanuary 28.
Of the two cases on January 27, a femalepatient in Hai Duong is related to a woman patient who tested positive for anew variant of the coronavirus upon arrival in Osaka, Japan.
The other is a 31-year-old man from Hong Haward in Quang Ninh’s Ha Long city, who works at the province’s Van Don InternationalAirport./.
Two locally-infected cases of COVID-19 were confirmed late January 27 in Hai Duong and Quang Ninh provinces, and the Health Ministry has immediately taken drastic actions to quickly stop the spread of the virus.
The Steering Committee for COVID-19 prevention in the northern province of Quang Ninh held an emergency meeting on January 27 night to immediately activate disease prevention measures at the highest level in the locality after one locally-transmitted case of coronavirus was confirmed the same day.
Vietnam recorded 82 new COVID-19 cases in the northern provinces of Hai Duong and Quang Ninh on January 28 morning after two locally-infected cases were confirmed late January 27.
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Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc speaks at the urgent meeting (Photo: VNA) 
