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In a new directive issued on January 2, the ministry requested the local health
departments to intensify inspections and supervisions over entry conditions and
procedures, and medical quarantine to early detect and treat any infections with
a view to preventing the coronavirus from spreading.
The departments should take actions to increase the responsibility and awareness
of each medical worker in disease prevention and control, carry out specific
disease prevention plans and scenarios, and assign tasks for specific
individuals and units in case any infection is detected.
They were also asked to instruct district and commune health units to coordinate
closely with local authorities and the police to monitor those under quarantine
at civil facilities and at home, or those who have completed their period at
concentrated quarantine establishments as regulated by the Health Ministry.
The ministry required the local health departments to intensify inspections over
disease prevention and control, and allocate personnel to be on duty around the
clock on Tet holiday – the longest and biggest annual festival in Vietnam which
will fall in the middle of February.
It is also necessary to work with the media to encourage the public to follow
the ministry’s measures to prevent Winter-Spring diseases as well as its 5K (in
Vietnamese) message: Khau trang (facemask)- Khu khuan (disinfection) - Khoang
cach (distance)- Khong tu tap (no gathering) – Khai bao y te (health
declaration).
Source: VNA
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