Prime Minister asks 10 provinces to prepare to support Hanoi’s covid-19 control

The Prime Minister inspects the epidemic control in Bac Ninh.

In the complicated situation of the Covid-19 outbreak, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh asked Minister of Defense, chairs of people's committees and secretaries of Party committees of 10 northern provinces and cities Bac Giang, Vinh Phuc, Bac Ninh, Hai Duong, Hung Yen, Hai Phong, Ha Nam, Nam Dinh, Thai Binh and Hoa Binh to gear up human resources to readily support Hanoi when necessary, in the tasks of COVID-19 testing, patient treatment and care, contact tracing, and administration of COVID-19 vaccines.

The city has recorded 3,614 cases of COVID-19 in the fourth wave of infections (since late April), with nearly 1,600 community cases.

Hanoi's authorities are determined to test all residents by September 15 to 'filter out' all virus carriers from the community, and have 100 per cent of the population aged 18 and above receive at least one dose of vaccine, however there have been concerns over the feasibility of these goals, due to lack of personnel and vaccine shortage.