Secretary of Hanoi: Persist in social distancing

Talking to the press on August 29, Secretary of the Hanoi Party Committee Dinh Tien Dung said that recently, a large number of people in the capital have actively participated in fighting the epidemic.

New clusters of cases in Thanh Xuan Trung ward (Thanh Xuan district), Giap Bat ward (Hoang Mai district);

`The control of the epidemic in densely populated areas is not solid,` Mr. Dinh Tien Dung said and raised concerns that even in areas that have been blockaded, the implementation of quarantine principles is not strict, there are

`The current reality, along with the epidemic situation in localities across the country, is still very complicated, requiring both the political system and the people of the capital to continue to maintain the will to fight, determination, and perseverance to carry out

Secretary of Hanoi Party Committee Dinh Tien Dung inspected Covid-19 epidemic prevention and control work in Times City Urban Area (Hoang Mai District), on August 10.

Mr. Dinh Tien Dung requested districts… to proactively plan and evaluate densely populated areas, many corners, complex areas, commercial centers, supermarkets, residential markets, and temporary markets.

The entire city organized the implementation of the `Covid-19 Safe Family` model, requiring each household to sign a commitment not to go out unless necessary.

Military forces were reinforced to support epidemic prevention and control at alley 328 Nguyen Trai, Thanh Xuan Trung ward, Thanh Xuan district, August 27.

Emphasizing the need to use every solution to reduce the number of people on the streets, ensuring the requirement that `whoever is there, stay there`, Secretary Hanoi directed `to be stricter` with a focus on monitoring from alleys and streets.

The system of checkpoints does not allow people from epidemic areas to enter the city without being checked for epidemiology.

In order to prevent `green channel` vehicle drivers who are infected with Covid-19 but still enter the city and infect the community such as in Giap Bat ward (Hoang Mai district), Mr. Dung directed authorities to require `green channel` vehicles to

In cases where it is necessary to leave the cabin, the driver must wear medical protective equipment and must not come into contact with anyone;

The isolation and blockade of `red zones` ensures operation as a centralized, strict quarantine area from outside to inside;

Vehicle flow on Nguyen Chi Thanh street (Dong Da district) at 7:00 a.m. on August 16.

Hanoi has passed 36 days of social distancing according to Directive 16 but the number of new cases is still high, and new outbreaks continuously appear.

On August 29, the city recorded 133 cases, this is the highest number of new cases since the epidemic appeared in the capital (March 6, 2020).

Since the beginning of the fourth epidemic (April 27 to present), Hanoi has recorded 3,091 cases of infection (excluding the number of cases at central hospitals), including 1,534 cases of community infection, 1,557 cases recorded in the area.