Prime Minister, southern localities discuss COVID-19 fight
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh chaired an online meeting on August 19 night between permanent Government members and authorities of Ho Chi Minh City and adjacent Binh Duong, Dong Nai and Long An provinces which are witnessing complicated developments of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Hanoi (VNA) – Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinhchaired an online meeting on August 19 night between permanent Government members and authoritiesof Ho Chi Minh City and adjacent Binh Duong, Dong Nai and Long An provinces which are witnessing complicated developments of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The meeting agreed that the complex situation in those localities is partly attributable to the highly contagious Delta variant while the density ofpopulation in the above localities is high, but another reason is social distancing measures have not been enforced strictly enough.
Leadersof ministries, agencies and localities suggested several measures such ascontinuing with strict social distancing measures, setting up more mobilemedical stations and temporary COVID-19 treatment hospitals, expanding thecapacity of existing medical facilities, establishing working teams toprovide food and necessities for residents.
Localities also proposed the Government,ministries and agencies concerned send more personnel, especially medical workers forHo Chi Minh City and the nearby provinces, add more groups eligible for supportpolicies, and provide more medical equipment and vaccines for those inhigh-risk areas.
Concluding the event, the PM basically agreedwith the proposals and assigned tasks to Deputy PMs and leaders of ministries,agencies and localities.
He required the localities to extend the enforcement of social distancing measures for at least two more weeks, with the level of strictness depending on the real situation in each locality.
The PM stressed that health care, logistics work, social security and social order must be ensured right at the grassroots level to meet the needs of every resident in their daily life as well as for medical care.
On the occasion, he called on the entire countryto join hꦕands with Ho Chi Minh City and adjacent provinces to combat thepandemic. Ministries, agencies and the localities were required to build their own detailed plans to meet the ultimate goal ofensuring people’s health and lives./.
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At the meeting (Photo: VNA) 
