PM urges tackling difficulties for Bac Giang amid COVID-19
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has asked ministries and agencies to tackle difficulties for the northern province of Bac Giang to fight COVID-19 pandemic in the spirit of not saying "lack of money, lack of human resources and lack of policies and mechanisms".
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh at the working session (Photo: VNA)
Bac Giang (VNA) – Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh hasasked ministries and agencies to tackle difficulties for the northern provinceof Bac Giang to fight COVID-19 pandemic in the spirit of not saying "lack ofmoney, lack of human resources and lack of policies and mechanisms".
During a meeting with local authorities on May 29, PM Chinhcalled for putting protection of people’s health and lives at the foremost.
Assigning Deputy Prime Minister Le Van Thanh to directly takecharge of fighting the pandemic and restoring production and business in theprovince, the PM requested continuing to enhance the management of allworkforce there.
The Health Ministry was asked to send more medical students to Bac Giang to assist the local fight against COVID-19 if necessary while the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and SocialAffairs must immediately offer support to workers and residents hit by thepandemic.
The Ministry of Information and Communications was required toadopt modern technology to manage labourers, especially workers.
Secretary of the provincial Party Committee Duong Van Thai saidas of May 29 morning, three clusters were found with 2,025 infection cases,including one death.
The province already evacuated 3,000 out of 7,100 peopleout of concentrated quarantine facilities to prevent local infections.
In the immediate future, the provincial authorities will alsocreate conditions for 34 firms at the least risk, several others at low andmedium risks in the global manufacturing chain to resume operations.
Following the working session, the PM visited officers and soldiers of Regiment 831 under the provincial Military Command.
The Regiment now has 130 medical staff from the Military MedicalUniversity 103 and officers from the Vietnam – Russia Tropical Centre who areassisting the province in collecting samples for COVID-19 testing.
The leader wished that they would join🔴 hands with the nation tohelp Bac Giang soon drive back the pandemic and stabilise production./.
Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam on May 26 inspected COVID-19 prevention and control at industrial parks (IPs) in the northern province of Bac Giang, and reported on the situation in the locality to Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh through a virtual meeting.
Workers in the northern provinces of Bac Giang and Bac Ninh, two localities hit hardest by the ongoing COVID-19 outbreak, began receiving vaccinations on May 27.
Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam on May 27 requested the northern provinces of Bac Giang and Bac Ninh to continue speeding up the implementation of COVID-19 prevention and control measures to prevent the pandemic from spreading to other industrial zones.
The Prime Minister has tasked the Ministry of Industry and Trade with removing difficulties in the consumption of agricultural products, especially lychee, for Bac Giang province that is now the country’s COVID-19 hotspot.
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Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh at the working session (Photo: VNA) 
