Ho Chi Minh City leaders suddenly visit pubs to check the Covid-19 epidemic room on the night of February 18 | News

At Xuan Thao Pub (Ngo Thi Thu Minh Street, Tan Binh District), dozens of diners were surprised, still holding their beer, when the inspection team entered.

Staff at the Xuan Thao Pub (Ngo Thi Thu Minh Street, Tan Binh District, Ho Chi Minh City) cleaning tables and chairs

Diners are invited to come home to clear the table when there is an inspection team.

After Ho Chi Minh City leaders recalled that serving large numbers of people was a violation of Covid-19 epidemic room regulations, the pub immediately invited diners to get up and clear the tables. and chairs.

Some of the dining room tables outside on the sidewalk tried to linger a bit longer when the inspection team left.

Similarly, 939 Hon Chong (Hoang Sa Street, District 3) also serves too much, while the manager of this restaurant said “I thought I could not serve more than 30 people at the same table.”

The Hon Chong pub (Hoang Sa Street, District 3) was packed, despite regulations that only allowed 30 people to be served at the same time by the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee.

Vice President Duong Anh Duc acknowledged that the restaurant has well implemented some regulations such as table and chairs, staff wearing masks, preparing hand sanitizer for guests, but serving more than 30 people is a violation.

Most of the staff at this Hon Chong restaurant wear masks.

In response to PV Youth Regarding the direct inspection of the restaurant, Mr. Duc said that after issuing the directive documents, it is necessary to go down to reality to verify if the instructions are close to reality, as well as to supervise the base authorities in all areas. levels. direct from the city.

Hon Chong also prepares water to wash hands and measure customers’ body temperatures before entering the restaurant.

From the inspection process, Ho Chi Minh City leaders will listen to people’s difficulties, investigate, and adjust policies to make them reasonable. If the regulations are appropriate, but people still intentionally violate them, they will strictly address “the spirit of comprehensive consideration of the current situation, sharing difficulties with people, but the goal of epidemic prevention remains the highest.”

“If you sit at the desk and make decisions, it sometimes causes an adverse reaction, affecting the development of the city,” Duc said.

Mr. Duong Anh Duc said to review the unexpected restaurant to adjust the regulations to suit reality, ensuring the implementation of dual goals.

In the near future, Ho Chi Minh City will work with the Center for Disease Control in Ho Chi Minh City to discuss the upcoming opening of a series of activities in the spirit of “how safe, open to that” . At the same time, Ho Chi Minh City is also trying to control the Covid-19 epidemic well to open schools to receive students in early March 2020.