Encourage people to wear masks in public to prevent Covid epidemic

The Hanoi People's Committee has just issued Plan No. 04 on disease prevention and control in the area in 2024. Accordingly, Hanoi requires agencies to continue communicating the "2K" message (mask + disinfectant) in preventing and fighting the Covid-19 epidemic; encouraging people to continue wearing masks when going out, especially when going to public areas, crowded areas, when using public transport; encouraging people to regularly wash their hands with soap and clean water or hand sanitizer...

Hanoi also requires agencies to closely monitor diseases in livestock and poultry to proactively deploy measures to prevent diseases transmitted from animals to humans and diseases transmitted through food.

Applying information technology in monitoring, collecting, managing, and compiling statistics on epidemics, vaccinations, and epidemic prevention and control activities in Hanoi, domestically, and internationally. Continuing to effectively control the Covid-19 epidemic, organizing the monitoring of the SARS-CoV-2 virus's changes, and regularly assessing the epidemic risk to have appropriate and timely response measures.

Event - Encouraging people to wear masks in public places to prevent Covid-19 — People are encouraged to continue wearing masks when going out, especially when going to public areas and crowded areas (Photo: Huu Thang).

Organize peak periods of general environmental sanitation to prevent and combat epidemics during the Lunar New Year; clean the environment after rains and floods; clean the environment in schools; organize environmental sanitation campaigns to kill mosquito larvae, collect waste and scrap to proactively prevent and combat dengue fever before and during the epidemic season.

Hanoi strives for 100% of localities to build a force of medical -population collaborators and mosquito larvae eradication shock teams to support local health agencies in protecting, caring for and improving people's health.

100% of medical examination and treatment facilities and preventive medical facilities located in the area declare and report infectious diseases via the online reporting system;

100% of people with severe and critical Covid-19 cases are treated and provided with health care according to regulations; monitoring, early detection, investigation, timely handling, and readiness to effectively respond to emerging, re-emerging, and invading epidemics to minimize morbidity and mortality rates, and minimize economic , cultural, and social losses...

Along with that, ensure the full vaccination rate for children under 1 year old reaches over 95% in communes, wards and towns; high vaccination rate of other vaccines according to the plan of the expanded immunization program; maintain the achievements of polio eradication, neonatal tetanus elimination, and move towards measles elimination .

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