Deputy PM instructs tightening supervision to curb spread of Covid-19
Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam on February 12 said supervision and quarantine work is the most important work at present to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus (Covid-19).
Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam speaks at the meeting. (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam onFebruary 12 said supervision and quarantine work is the most important work atpresent to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus (Covid-19).
Speaking at a meeting in Hanoi, Dam, who is also head of thenational steering committee for prevention and control of acute respiratorydisease caused by Covid-19, said localities must work to stamp out anyoutbreak, prevent disease transmission in community or at hospital.
The number of Covid-19 infections in Vietnam remains few at 15, andthere are positive signs in treatment. However, the disease is expected tocontinue developing complicatedly and there is a very high risk of outbreak,the Deputy PM said.
In such circumstances, Deputy PM Dam asked competent forces tostep up the communication work to raise the awareness of quarantined people abouttheir responsibility towards their families and society.
He instructed ministries and agencies to coordinate with andprovide support in human resources and medical equipment for northern Vinh Phucprovince, which have the most Covid-19 cases so far (ten as of February 11), tolocalize and stamp out the outbreak.
Deputy Health Minister Truong Quoc Cuong said the fasttransmission of the Covid-19 means prevention of transmission is the mostimportant work at present.
The Health Ministry affirmed that district-level clinics havereceived training and necessary medical equipment to ensure they can diagnoseand treat Covid-19 infections. Therefore, the ministry advised people withsuspected signs of Covid-19 infection to seek diagnosis and treatment atdistrict-level clinics instead of flocking to central-level hospitals to reducethe risk of the virus spreading in community.
According to the Ministry of Health, as of 10:30 on February 12, atotal of 45,170 cases of Covid-19 infection had been recorded in 28 countriesand territories worldwide, of which 44,653 were in China.
The death toll had reached 1,115, with 1,113 in mainland China,one in the Philippines and another in Hong Kong (China).
Among the 15 confirmed cases in Vietnam, six have recovered. Thelatest patient, who is also the youngest case recorded so far, is athree-month-old baby from Vinh Phuc’s Binh Xuyen district./.
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Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam speaks at the meeting. (Photo: VNA) 
