PM orders localities to prepare sufficient materials for COVID-19 tests
Pandemic-hit localities must ensure sufficient reserves of materials for timely COVID-19 tests, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc ordered at a recent meeting of the permanent cabinet members on the fight against the pandemic.
Disinfecting a class to prepare for the national high school graduation exam (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Pandemic-hit localities must ensuresufficient reserves of materials for timely COVID-19 tests, Prime MinisterNguyen Xuan Phuc ordered at a recent meeting of the permanent cabinet memberson the fight against the pandemic.
The government leader spoke highly of the National SteeringCommittee on the fight, the Ministry of Health and localities for theirefforts, and praised collective and individual donors for their contributionsto Da Nang city and Quang Nam province in the central region.
However, he also asked officials and administrations of thelocalities hit by the pandemic to mobilise all the resources in the all-outeffort to keep the outbreak at the lowest level.
The People’s Committees of the provinces and centrally-runcities must bear the responsibility on the application of measures in thelocalities and the strengthening of anti-pandemic measures, PM Phuc stressed.
He called on all the people to wear a face mask at publicplaces and in the means of public transport, and to avoid crowds.
Those with smart phones should install the Bluezone app tohelp find and track the people of infection risks, thus containing the spreadof the pandemic, the leader said.
As for the nationwide high school graduation exam, PM Phucordered the Ministry of Education and Training to complete options so as toensure a safe exam without any risk of infection.
On August 9, nearly 867,000 throughout the country startedtheir first day of the exam. The preparation and holding of the exam wereensured to facilitate them and prevent the spread of the pandemic./.
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Disinfecting a class to prepare for the national high school graduation exam (Photo: VNA) 
