HCM City advised to stay vigilant against new COVID-19 variants
The Ministry of Health (MoH) has warned Ho Chi Minh City to stay vigilant against COVID-19 as risks of community transmission of new variants remains considerable.
The meeting between the MoH delegation and the HCM City Hospital for Tropical Diseases on January 31 (Photo: VNA)
HCM City (VNA) – TheMinistry of Health (MoH) has warned Ho Chi Minh City to stay vigilant againstCOVID-19 as risks of community transmission of new variants remainsconsiderable.
On January 31, an MoH delegation inspected COVID-19 response at Tan Son Nhat International Airport, the health centre ofDistrict 3, and the HCM City Hospital for Tropical Diseases.
They said the southern metropolisperformed well in pandemic prevention and control during the Lunar New Year (Tet)holiday in late January. However, as new variants are likely to enter and spreadin the community after Tet, it needs to have plans readied for preventing disease transmission.
Dr Nguyen Vu Thuong, Deputy Directorof the HCM City Pasteur Institute and a member of the MoH delegation, cited theWorld Health Organisation as saying that COVID-19 remains a global healthemergency, and the most worrying thing is vaccine- and drug-resistant variants.
Though the number of hospitalised casesin the city has fallen sharply, but new variants may spread in the community andattack the elderly and unvaccinated persons, he noted.
He suggested local authorities issuestrong recommendations at tourist attractions and places of worship to remindpeople of wearing face masks, and increase communications to encourage locals toget vaccinated against the disease.
As of January 31, Vietnam recorded 11,526,497 cases of COVID-19, including 10,612,462 recoveries and 43,186 deaths.
Meanwhile, over 266.09 million doses of COVID-19vaccine were administered, according to the MoH./.
Deputy Minister of Health Nguyen Thi Lien Huong has emphasised the necessity to strengthen supervision and take more samples for COVID-19 testing at border gates besides maintaining the current pandemic prevention and control measures as usual.
Chief Representative of the World Health Organisation (WHO) in Vietnam Dr Angela Pratt on January 6 warned that the fight against COVID-19 is not over yet as many people are getting infected, hospitalised, and dead in many countries around the world.
The Ministry of Health (MoH) has demanded enhancing the detection, reception, management, and treatment of COVID-19 cases as the pandemic remains complex around the world.
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Despite the ongoing global circulation and unpredictable developments of SARS-CoV-2, the World Health Organisation (WHO) hasn’t issued new warnings about COVID-19, said the Ministry of Health.
The meeting between the MoH delegation and the HCM City Hospital for Tropical Diseases on January 31 (Photo: VNA) 
