Raising epidemic prevention measures one more level
On the afternoon of December 25, Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam chaired a meeting of the Standing Committee of the National Steering Committee for the prevention and control of Covid-19 epidemics (the Steering Committee) to improve measures to prevent epidemics against new developments. The Deputy Prime Minister acknowledged that in the context of the upcoming Tet holiday, in addition to the epidemic continuing to develop in a very complicated way in the world and the region, when a new variant of SARS-CoV-2 appeared in the United Kingdom, then Be more careful.
Vietnam is expected to have imported vaccines in early 2021
On December 25, according to information from an importer and distributor of vaccines in the country, this unit is in the process of completing the procedures to obtain the license to import the Covid-19 vaccine back to Vietnam at the same time. waiting for the final results of the negotiation with foreign manufacturers to be able to import the Covid-19 vaccine to Vietnam as soon as possible. If convenient, early in the second quarter of 2021, the first batch of Covid-19 vaccine can reach Vietnam. Estimated, the price is approximately USD 50 (approximately over 1 million VND) / dose of 2 injections.
Imported Covid-19 vaccine must be kept at minus 70 degrees Celsius, so the importer is also urgently completing the warehouse and storage and distribution equipment; plan priority injection for subjects; implementation of online registration …
However, the National Steering Committee for the Prevention and Control of Covid-19 also noted that there is not enough scientific data to confirm that vaccines have long-term protective effects. People should always strictly follow the 5K recommendation for effective epidemic prevention and control.
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The Deputy Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism, Trinh Thi Thuy, said that 56% of accommodation establishments are currently closed, but of the 13,000 in operation, only 3,600 carry out self-assessments for epidemic prevention. and updated information. According to the Ministry of Health, 100% of hospitals have taken measures to prevent epidemics by themselves according to the guidance of health authorities, updated information on the anti-epidemic map, but for private clinics, doctors. department, this rate is less than 27%.
Meanwhile, according to the Steering Committee, many shopping malls and markets have not yet self-assessed epidemic prevention measures and updated information due to a lack of guidance. The Steering Committee requests the Ministry of Industry and Commerce to immediately issue a document ordering the management units of the shopping center and the market to do this; check and remember every store, home business. For legal annotations, the Steering Committee requested to correct the isolation work. Consequently, all subjects who are diplomats, civil servants, experts, foreign high-tech workers and Vietnamese returning home must have an isolation plan before entering. After entering, strictly follow the isolation plan and change the location and plan only at the request of the competent authorities.
Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam also noted that the Ministry of Transport, Culture, Sports and Tourism also urgently ordered and urged the implementation of epidemic prevention and information updates for accommodation facilities, bus stations and facilities. Department of religious beliefs and especially public transport. Mr. Dam emphasized that all epidemic prevention measures must be raised to one level.
New variant increases are spread out by 70%.
Regarding the new variant of SARS-CoV-2 that appeared in the UK, Deputy Director of the Department of Preventive Medicine (Ministry of Health) Hoang Minh Duc said that the new variant increases the probability of spread by 70%. However, so far, we have not had test results to detect new SARS-CoV-2 variants from cases that are legally imported into Vietnam. Initial studies also showed that the incubation period of people infected with the new SARS-CoV-2 variant was shorter, had an earlier onset, a greater ability to adhere to the surface … but there were no signs of variable. The new forms lasted longer and made symptoms worse.
The Steering Committee called on research institutes to urgently sample recent Covid-19 patients and bring in external partners to clarify whether a new variant of SARS-CoV-2 has entered Vietnam.
Tay Ninh Secure Gateway
On December 25, the Central Mission, headed by Health Minister Nguyen Thanh Long, together with Lieutenant General Hoang Xuan Chien, Vice Minister of National Defense, held a working session with the leaders of Tay Ninh province on labor of and fighting Covid-19 epidemics at borders before the epidemic got complicated in Thailand. On the morning of the same day, the delegation also verified the prevention and control of epidemics at the border posts in Phuoc Chi (Trang Bang City) and the Moc Bai Border Guard Station (Ben Cau District).
Health Minister Nguyen Thanh Long noted that Tay Ninh before the epidemic had complicated progress in Thailand. Meanwhile, Tay Ninh is a province adjacent to Cambodia. “Protecting Tay Ninh’s gateway is protecting Ho Chi Minh City and many other provinces,” Long emphasized.
Nguyen Thanh Ngoc, Chairman of the Tay Ninh Provincial People’s Committee, said Tay Ninh has a 240 km long border, bordering 3 provinces of the Kingdom of Cambodia with 16 border gates (including 3 international) and many trails and roads. Open and flat terrain, convenient to come and go. In which, Tay Ninh is the gateway that connects Ho Chi Minh City with Cambodia and the ASEAN countries. It also becomes a challenge in the prevention of the Covid-19 epidemic, especially in the quarantine and prevention of people entering illegally.
According to Mr. Ngoc, currently along the entire border line, in addition to 29 border checkpoints, 16 border checkpoints, the provincial border guards coordinate with the police and militia of the border communes to deploy 123 checkpoints with more than 564 battlefields. 24/24 on duty. According to Mr. Ngoc, the illegal entry situation remains difficult in some places. From December 10 to December 21, the forces discovered and arrested 199 cases with 375 subjects, all objects related to illegal entry were strictly dealt with (they processed 11/32 subjects, processed 3 cases. For 6 subjects, a fine of more than 1.2 billion VND in 176 cases with 316 people, imprisonment of 5 years or more for 6 people). In addition, Tay Ninh also deported 41 Chinese who were entering illegally.
