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The deputy prime minister asked for a closed medical supervision, so as not to leave more cases of contagion as it happened – Photo: DINH NAM
This information was given at the meeting of the National Steering Committee for the Prevention and Control of the COVID-19 Epidemic, on the afternoon of January 15, under the chairmanship of Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam, head of the Steering Committee.
Specifically, the Steering Committee said that the COVID-19 epidemic information management system and immigration information (the System) was completed, beginning to implement a closed medical monitoring process.
The system will record information as soon as citizens and experts register with Vietnamese diplomatic missions and aviation to return home. In all these cases, a mandatory medical report must be made, clearly stating where it will be after quarantine.
From there, the national epidemic control force will proactively prepare a plan to pick up and take people to an area of concentrated isolation, and once the quarantine is complete, there should be a detailed handover between the authority. group doctor. isolation of the locality to welcome people.
“The information system has been completed and has become a closed cycle of medical surveillance. I recommend careful training, so as not to leave more cases of contagion as it happened. At the same time, definitely Do not let the situation of people entering the airport has just discovered the medical part, causing congestion at the airport ”, requested Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam.
According to the evaluation of the Ministry of Health, in Vietnam, this is the time close to the Lunar New Year and the country’s important event is the XIII National Party Congress. Therefore, for many months, the Steering Committee has repeatedly emphasized the task of keeping the epidemic safe in general and especially in the current peak period.
Whereby, The Steering Committee agreed that, prior to the emergence of a new variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, the general policy was to minimize flights from abroad to Vietnam, without taking into account the restoration of flights. Commerce.
The Steering Committee agreed with Rescue flights, citizens and experts entering Vietnam must be quarantined and specially managed after a strict period of isolation, with maximum vigilance when there are no specific studies and conclusions. on the new variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, mSome flights from regions where new variants of the virus have emerged will require prolonged concentrated isolation.
In particular, in past cases where quarantine was possible for less than 14 days, you must now be quarantined for at least 14 days. The medical and military forces will specifically review the return cases and may decide to quarantine for more than 14 days. In fact, there have been cases after 14 days of isolation that still confirmed positive cases for the SARS-CoV-2 virus, the Steering Committee emphasized.
Free focus isolation from people entering the road
For entry by road, the Steering Committee recommends that legal entrances continue to comply with concentrated isolation and completely prevent illegal entry. “In all cases, Vietnamese people who enter by land and are isolated in areas of military isolation do not have to pay fees,” confirmed the Steering Committee.
To fully prevent the illegal entry by land, the recently emerging risks from the sea and waterways, Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam said that in addition to strengthening the border forces, the maritime police, the police …, the base authorities should actively propagate and advocate for families with relatives abroad, if they are forced to return home, they should encourage these people to make a full medical statement and comply with isolation.
In the event that persons who detect a stranger or a person returning from abroad must immediately notify the local authority. In particular, it is necessary to propagate the relatives of the fishermen so that when they detect a case of bringing people from abroad or have a boat return home, they immediately take measures to prevent and combat the epidemic and immediately inform the border forces . , local government from the boat.
“This is the responsibility of preventing epidemics for the entire community. If one individual is careless, it will unknowingly facilitate illegal entry and possibly spread germs in the community. I suggest we do.” very tight, “asked the deputy prime minister.
