The localities decide the level of risk to apply appropriate anti-epidemic measures

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At Dong Nai bridge point, Vice Chairman of Provincial People's Committee Nguyen Hoa Hiep and leaders of departments and branches attended the meeting.

Accordingly, the Prime Minister asked Chairmans of People's Committees of provinces and cities to decide the level of risk in order to apply appropriate anti-epidemic measures; to be vigilant, but not to make too great an impact on production, business and people's life. To continue implementing the dual goal of preventing and combating epidemics, preventing more effectively from epidemics and not letting the economy disrupt. The localities have to know how to do it appropriately, without disregarding the lives of people, they cannot close all activities to paralyze.

The Prime Minister also emphasized that it is necessary to review the epidemic prevention measures, especially the traditional methods that the world has drawn such as wearing a mask and washing hands. Continue to implement social segregation for the subjects at high risk such as the elderly, people with cardiovascular disease, other chronic diseases. The health sector strengthens direct training for health-care workers in all health facilities and needs a standardized protocol for handling suspected COVID-19 infections, preventing patients from going through this hospital to hospital. other or prolonged in a hospital. All cases of cough, fever, and respiratory infections must be checked by Covid-19 to handle; adequately and promptly protective means of protection for anti-epidemic forces, especially doctors, medical staff, police forces, the army in anti-epidemic duty, preventing cross-infection.

The Prime Minister asked the Ministry of Health to direct hospitals to develop response scenarios to ensure the principle of "4 in place"; better management of medical waste such as masks, test strips, not to spread diseases from these sources. The health sector continues to accelerate vaccine research, complete treatment regimens, and create electronic health records for the people. The head of the Government also appreciated in a short time there were more than 16 million installations of Bluezone applications, which should continue to be deployed strongly.

The Prime Minister asked the Ministries of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Transport, the Ministry of Health, and the Ministry of National Defense to report on the plan to bring people with urgent needs to return home.

Quoc Khanh