The Hanoi government requires that from 0:00 a.m. on August 19, all restaurants, beer and beverage establishments must strictly enforce a minimum distance of 1 meter, organize body temperature measurements for guests, and arrange antiseptic water. , partitions are encouraged, staff must wear masks throughout the service process.

During the meeting of the Steering Committee for Covid-19 Prevention and Control in Hanoi on the afternoon of August 17, Vice Chairman of the City People’s Committee Ngo Van Quy requested that, from 0:00 on August 19, all restaurants, draft beer, and refreshments Must strictly enforce seating distance of at least 1m, organize body temperature measurements for guests, arrange antiseptic water, encourage partitions, and staff must wear masks throughout the service process.

"These are places where crowds of people often gather, especially beer bars, if someone is infected, it can easily spread. Restaurants, beer bars, and beverage establishments must strictly enforce social distancing," Mr. Quy said. emphasize.

Mr. Quy requested units and localities of Hanoi to continue to propagate and mobilize people to strictly implement epidemic prevention measures such as wearing masks in public places and not gathering more than 30 people. If you have symptoms of cough and fever, you must notify the medical examination and treatment facility. Encourage the elderly and seriously ill to stay home and not go out unless necessary.

Permanent Vice Chairman in charge of the City People’s Committee Nguyen Van Suu advised people not to leave the house when not absolutely necessary, and to seriously wear masks. "At this time, people should not leave the house unless it is necessary. People must strictly wear masks in public places. Districts have already imposed some fines, I suggest doing it more strongly." "After the appearance of patient 962, we cannot ignore it" - Mr. Suu emphasized.

In particular, Mr. Suu proposed mobilizing more forces to control, inspect, and rectify epidemic prevention work at shops, restaurants, beer bars, and refreshments. "Stronger penalties, even closure, are needed."


 

In Hanoi, from July 25 until now, 33 cases have been recorded, with no deaths. Of these, 10 cases from the community and 23 cases from outside were quarantined upon entry (22 cases from Equatorial Guinea and 1 case from the US).

The city reviewed a total of 100,090 people returning from Da Nang, of which the number returning from July 15 was 77,150 people. From the afternoon of August 8, PCR testing samples were taken for people returning from Da Nang from July 15 to 29 and sent to units of the Ministry of Health for testing. By the end of August 16, samples were taken. 50,602 samples, 28,478 samples have results, all negative.

It is predicted that during this period, the epidemic has occurred and spread in the community in Hanoi, but it has not yet spread into a large outbreak and the source of infection is coming from outside the city.

In the area, there has been a phenomenon of secondary infection (F1 changed to F0). Most cases were detected in hospitals (8/10 cases). Hanoi is home to many large central and city hospitals and there are often large numbers of people from other provinces coming for medical examination and treatment, so the risk of epidemics entering from other provinces and cities is very high.

The Director of the Hanoi Department of Health commented that people’s compliance with epidemic prevention measures during this period is not as good as the previous epidemic period, especially at restaurants and eateries... That is why the risk of epidemic Diseases appearing and spreading from hospitals and restaurant establishments in the near future are very high.

The Steering Committee for Covid-19 Prevention and Control of Hanoi City requires medical examination and treatment facilities to strengthen screening and classification of patients coming for examination (note also those with symptoms of cough, fever, difficulty breathing without clear epidemiological factors), perform testing to early detect Covid-19 infections, seriously implement segregation, isolation and infection control to prevent infection in medical facilities. health as well as infection from medical facilities to the community.

Ensure adequate protective equipment for medical staff directly preventing epidemics, ensuring the best safety for medical staff. Prepare human resources, facilities, supplies, and equipment to ensure the admission and treatment of disease cases.