HCM City maps out two-period COVID-19 control plan
VOV.VN - Ho Chi Minh City, currently the nation’s largest COVID-19 hotspot, has mapped out a plan to intensify anti-pandemic measures by dividing the next month into two periods, from August 15 to August 30 and from September 1-9 in a bid to bring the pandemic under control by September.
Information regarding the plan was released by Phan Van Mai, deputy secretary of the municipal Party Committee during a press briefing on August 13.
According to Mai, the city will implement a series of “green zones” and “red zones” from now to August 30 in order to apply suitable pandemic control measures, which must be implemented carefully.
The main task will be to minimise fatalities, while simultaneously ensuring the supply of necessities for local residents and maintaining economic production in a safe manner, said Mai.
According to Duong Anh Duc, vice chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee, the pandemic is developing in a complicated manner. Indeed, there are no clear signs of a reduction in the number of new community cases, whilst the daily death toll remains high, he said. Duc added that after August 15, the daily count of new patients may continue to stay above 3,000.
With regard to vaccination progress, he said that the southern city is ramping up vaccination efforts, with the highest number of dose inoculated in a day reaching more than 318,000.
As of August 13, the southern city has used up most of its allocated vaccines, with more than 4.3 million people receiving one shot and more than 100,000 people receiving both jabs.
As of August 12, a total of 456,391 people over 65 have been vaccinated against COVID-19, representing 70% of the total 650,000 people in this group.
The official went on to suggest that the Ministry of Health continue to support the city in gaining access to vaccine supplies. Apart from Sinopharm vaccine, the city is in the process of negotiating five million doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine moving forward.