Vice Chairman of the People's Committee of Hanoi Chu Xuan Dung asked functional forces to close street restaurants, iced tea and cafes from 0:00 on February 16, when Covid-19 translation in the city had complicated developments. trash.
At the meeting of the Steering Committee for Covid-19 Prevention of Hanoi City on the afternoon of February 15 (ie the 4th day of Tet), the Vice Chairman of the People's Committee of Hanoi Chu Xuan Dung asked to close the street restaurant; Sidewalk iced tea shops, cafes and temporarily closed monuments to
prevent Covid-19 from spreading.
Briefly reporting at the meeting, Deputy Director of the Hanoi Department of Health Hoang Duc Hanh said that on the afternoon of February 15, Hanoi recorded a new Covid-19 patient.
Patient is male, 43 years old, Japanese nationality, at P1507 Somerset Hotel (No. 2, Quang An, Tay Ho) is a staff of Mitsui Vietnam Co., Ltd. in Hanoi.
Patient is F1 of patient 2234 and disease 2229 (attended the meeting on 2/2), tested on 15/2 for a positive result.
Currently, the units are continuing to investigate the case related to the case. Medical units have urgently investigated and zoned for epidemic treatment and disinfection at all locations involved in the case.
Hanoi closes street eateries, iced tea, and coffee from 0:00 on February 16 - 1 Click to enlarge the image
Hanoi Vice Chairman Chu Xuan Dung concluded the meeting
Related to this patient, Tay Ho district said, has taken samples to test guests and hotel staff here and both gave negative results. Hoan Kiem District also sprayed and disinfected 23 Phan Chu Trinh building related to Japanese patients, and sampled 105 people.
Director of the Hanoi Department of Health Nguyen Khac Hien said, regarding Japanese patients, the health sector is determining the cause of infection, including many theories such as transmission from abroad or in Vietnam and if infected patients in Hanoi have a very high risk of an outbreak in the capital.
Deputy Director of the Department of Health Hoang Duc Hanh noted, quarantine people still have to continue to closely monitor their health for the next 14 days or else it will be difficult to cope with unusual situations; Isolation cases at home must be strictly followed, especially for experts.
"The districts review the experts in the area, the Japanese eateries must also carefully review, consider taking samples to test for at-risk cases", Mr. Hanh added.
Director of the Department of Health Nguyen Khac Hien mentioned that in Hang Khay Street, Trang Tien (Hoan Kiem), the restaurant is still crowded and many people do not wear masks. He suggested that the district must strictly deal with it because if there is no strong measure, it cannot be controlled.
"The districts have reported very fully but in reality have not drastically sanctioned. Many places still gather crowded, not wearing masks is very dangerous", Mr. Hien added.
At the meeting, Deputy Director of the Department of Tourism Tran Thi Van Anh said, some districts have decided to close the monument. According to Ms. Van Anh, this is the right decision in the current epidemic context. Leaders of the Hanoi Department of Tourism proposed the city to consider stopping all monuments in the area.
Concluding the meeting, Hanoi City People's Committee Vice Chairman Chu Xuan Dung agreed with this proposal of the leader of the Department of Tourism.
"Must close street restaurants, iced tea, coffee, temporarily close monuments to prevent epidemics early ...", Mr. Dung said.
The Vice Chairman of the City People's Committee noted that Hanoi already had new Covid-19 patients with unknown sources of transmission, complicated travel schedules and difficult tracing. Therefore, the city leaders held a meeting 1 day earlier to have timely solutions.
"According to CDC Hanoi, the risk from Japanese patients to the community is very high. Departments must strictly grasp the instructions of the Central Government and the President of the city", added Vice Chairman Chu Xuan Dung.
Quang Phong / Dan Tri - Vietnam Visa Services
