Some COVID-19 prevention and control documents removed
Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha has signed Decision No. 1269/QD-TTg on removing some documents on COVID-19 pandemic prevention and control that were issued by the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control and the Prime Minister.
A man is vaccinated against the COVID-19. (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha has signed Decision No. 1269/QD-TTg on removing some documents on COVID-19pandemic prevention and control that were issued by the National SteeringCommittee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control and the Prime Minister.
One of the abolished documents is the Prime Minister𒅌’﷽s Decision No.447/QD-TTg dated April 1, 2020 announcing the COVID-19 pandemic.
Other documents include 20 decisions, 13 official dispatches and four official telegrams issued by the NationalSteering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control, and eight directives and threedecisions of the Prime Minister. The first COVID-19 cases in the world were recorded in late December2019 in Wuhan, China. In Vietnam, the first case was confirmed on January 23, 2020. With the participation of the entire political system, theParty, army and people implemented drastic, synchronous and timely measures toprevent and control the pandemic that is an unprecedented, complex, andunpredictable global pandemic.
Vietnam had gradually prevented and effectively controlled it. Thecountry’s achievements in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic have made animportant contribution and created favourable conditions for socio-economicrecovery and prosperity in most fields.
On October 20, 2023, Vietnam officially moved COVID-19 fromgroup A to group B infectious disease.
Earlier, on January 29, 2020, the Ministry of Health classified COVID-19 as a Group A infectious disease which comprisesparticularly dangerous infectious diseases that can spread very fast and on alarge scale and have a high mortality rate or unclear causes. Meanwhile, GroupBꦜ covers the infectious diseases that can spread fast and cause deaths./.
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COVID-19 is no longer an infectious disease in Group A but downgraded to Group B from October 20, according to a decision issued on October 19 by the Ministry of Health (MoH).
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A man is vaccinated against the COVID-19. (Photo: VNA) 
