Vietnam Electricity (EVN) has asked the Prime Minister and relevant ministries to approve exemption or reduction in charges for energy use for some people in the country affected by COVID-19. (Photo: VNA) HCM City (VNS/VNA) - The HCM City Department ofHealth on March 31 instructed relevant agencies and local authorities tostrictly manage delivery of goods by restaurants, food stores and supermarkets.
Speaking during an online meeting with the city's SteeringBoard for COVID-19 Prevention and Control held on March 31, Nguyen Tan Binh,the head of the department, said that companies must keep a record of where andto whom they are delivering goods.
These records will help identify anyone who has had contactwith people at a high risk of contracting COVID-19 and will help speed upquarantine, if needed, Binh said.
Pham Khanh Phong Lan, head of the city's Food Safety andHygiene Management Authority, has instructed people’s committees in all 24 districtsto inform food trade establishments, enterprises and individuals deliveringgoods about the need to carry out to preventive measures such as wearing masksand washing hands with sanitisers.
Buyers must keep at least two metres from others while standingin queues or receiving goods from delivery people, Lan said.
Nguyen Thi Huynh Mai, the department’s chief of thesecretariat, said that nearly 80 doctors and nurses who are examining andtreating COVID-19 patients at HCM City hospitals will be staying free at ahotel run by TTC Hospitality after their working shift every day to ensuresafety for their family.
They will also receive free meals and other services athotels thanks to the sponsorship of Orient Commercial Bank.
Meanwhile, Sai Gon Water Corporation will not charge forwater use at disadvantaged households and quarantine areas for three months.
Vietnam Electricity (EVN) has asked the Prime Minister andrelevant ministries to approve exemption or reduction in charges for energy useby certain people in the country affected by COVID-19.
EVN in HCM City is maintaining its operation and repairservices. Customers can contact EVN through its website and customer care appas well as its website //dichvucong.gov.vn if they have a problemrelating to electricity./.
Speaking during an online meeting with the city's SteeringBoard for COVID-19 Prevention and Control held on March 31, Nguyen Tan Binh,the head of the department, said that companies must keep a record of where andto whom they are delivering goods.
These records will help identify anyone who has had contactwith people at a high risk of contracting COVID-19 and will help speed upquarantine, if needed, Binh said.
Pham Khanh Phong Lan, head of the city's Food Safety andHygiene Management Authority, has instructed people’s committees in all 24 districtsto inform food trade establishments, enterprises and individuals deliveringgoods about the need to carry out to preventive measures such as wearing masksand washing hands with sanitisers.
Buyers must keep at least two metres from others while standingin queues or receiving goods from delivery people, Lan said.
Nguyen Thi Huynh Mai, the department’s chief of thesecretariat, said that nearly 80 doctors and nurses who are examining andtreating COVID-19 patients at HCM City hospitals will be staying free at ahotel run by TTC Hospitality after their working shift every day to ensuresafety for their family.
They will also receive free meals and other services athotels thanks to the sponsorship of Orient Commercial Bank.
Meanwhile, Sai Gon Water Corporation will not charge forwater use at disadvantaged households and quarantine areas for three months.
Vietnam Electricity (EVN) has asked the Prime Minister andrelevant ministries to approve exemption or reduction in charges for energy useby certain people in the country affected by COVID-19.
EVN in HCM City is maintaining its operation and repairservices. Customers can contact EVN through its website and customer care appas well as its website //dichvucong.gov.vn if they have a problemrelating to electricity./.
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