Deputy PM: With public unanimity, Vietnam will win over COVID-19
Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam on April 17 said despite numerous hardships, Vietnam will surely win over COVID-19 pandemic if ministries, agencies, localities and the whole people are unanimous.
Hanoi (VNA)🔴 – Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam on April 17 said despite numerous hardships, Vietnam will surely win over COVID-19 pandemic if ministries, agencies, localities and the whole people are unanimous.
Chairing ateleconference with representatives of the 63 provinces and cities of the country to launch anti-pandemic tasks,Dam, who is also head of the National Steering Committee on COVID-19 Preventionand Control, said as the epidemic will persist while medicines or vaccines are being invented, the entire country must not lower its guard so as to keep the disease from spreading and to develop the economy at the same time.
He called on the peoplenationwide to seriously continue following the appeal by Party GeneralSecretary and State President Nguyen Phu Trong, directions by the Politburo, theParty Central Committee’s Secretariat, the Government, the Prime Minister andthe steering committee, as well asguidelines by the Health Ministry.
Dam said the firstmeasure is continuing to closely control entry-exit by air, water androads, except those with diplomatic, public service and business purposes.Those suspected of infection must be put under quarantine immediately and at-riskareas zoned off and sprayed with disinfectants.
In the near future, suitable measures will be applied for different areas andsectors, he said.
The official highlightedthe need to further classify at-risk groups at the communal, district and evenvillage levels, which requires daily data update in localities.
In order to have a safe live in the context the pandemic, he reiterated that citizens must wear masks whengoing out, keep distance with others, regularly wash hands with soap andsanitisers, and not gather in crowd areas. They should go to medical establishmentsonly in necessary cases after consulting with doctors.
As for safe learning,the Ministry of Education and Training and localities were required to offerspecific measures to each education level.
He also asked forspecific guidelines for safe travelling, production and trade, culture-sport-tourismactivities, as well as ensuring the safety of public administration agencies.
It is necessary tocontinue heightening the sense of discipline and responsibility of each individualand organisation in the effort in the immediate future, Dam said.
𒁏 Also according to him, itis time to utilise digital transformation amid the fourth industrial revolution,including facilitating online meetings, public services, learning, healthcheck-ups and digital payment./.
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Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam (Photo: VNA) 
