Government abolishes series of decisions on Covid-19 prevention

Decision No. 1269 clearly states that Decision No. 447 dated April 1, 2023 of the Prime Minister on declaring the Covid-19 epidemic is abolished.

At the same time, a number of documents on Covid-19 prevention and control issued by the National Steering Committee for Covid-19 Prevention and Control and the Prime Minister were abolished.

Abolish 20 decisions of the National Steering Committee for Covid-19 Prevention and Control, specifically, Decision No. 42 dated February 18, 2020 on promulgating the Response Plan for each level of acute respiratory disease caused by the new strain of Corona virus.

Decision No. 478 dated February 20, 2020 on strengthening the rapid response mobile teams to combat acute respiratory infections caused by the 2019 Corona virus.

Decision No. 929 dated March 17, 2020 approving the list of members of the Anti-epidemic Subcommittees of the National Steering Committee for Covid-19 Prevention and Control...

The Prime Minister abolished 13 official dispatches of the National Steering Committee for Covid-19 Prevention and Control, namely Official Dispatch No. 855 dated February 24, 2020 of the National Steering Committee for Covid-19 Prevention and Control on centralized quarantine of people returning from Covid-19 epidemic areas;

Official Dispatch No. 953 of the National Steering Committee for Covid-19 Prevention and Control on promoting the implementation of measures to prevent and control Covid-19; Official Dispatch No. 1269 on strengthening the prevention and control of Covid-19; Official Dispatch No. 1316 on assigning people to join the Information Technology Team for Covid-19 Prevention and Control;

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Official dispatch No. 1651 on online reporting at cdc.kcb.vn on the situation of admission, isolation, testing, treatment and recording of Covid-19 patients at medical examination and treatment facilities...

The Prime Minister also abolished 4 dispatches of the National Steering Committee for Covid-19 Prevention and Control, including:

Telegram No. 1898 on continuing to strengthen prevention and control of Covid-19 infection in medical examination and treatment facilities; Telegram No. 1224 on strengthening prevention and control of Covid-19 for the High School Graduation Exam;

Telegram No. 1158 on urgently promoting measures to prevent and control Covid-19 infection in medical examination and treatment facilities; Telegram No. 628 on urgently implementing social distancing and increasing testing at hospitals under the Ministry of Health, universities and end-line hospitals.

At the same time, 8 Directives of the Prime Minister were abolished, including Directive No. 05 of the Prime Minister on the prevention and control of acute respiratory infections caused by the new strain of Corona virus;

Directive No. 06 of the Prime Minister on strengthening measures to prevent and combat new complicated developments of the acute respiratory disease caused by the new strain of Corona virus;

Directive No. 10 on strengthening Covid-19 prevention and control; Directive No. 13 on continuing to strengthen Covid-19 prevention and control in the new situation.

In addition, 3 Decisions of the Prime Minister were also abolished, specifically, Decision No. 447 dated April 1, 2020 on declaring the Covid-19 epidemic; Decision No. 1857 dated October 14, 2020 on ordering the provision of SARS-CoV-2 testing services; Decision No. 1438 dated August 25, 2021 on perfecting the National Steering Committee for Covid-19 Prevention and Control.

Previously, the Ministry of Health announced that from October 20, 2023, Covid-19 is no longer a group A infectious disease. With this announcement, Covid-19 patients will not be examined and treated for free but will be paid for by health insurance.

In 2023, the number of Covid-19 cases decreased 82 times compared to 2022; the mortality rate per case was 0.02%, nearly 100 times lower than in 2021; the causative agent SARS-CoV-2 has been identified...

When switching to group B infectious diseases, the virus causing Covid-19 can still mutate, so Covid-19 disease surveillance will not only be based on cases but will continue to be integrated into the surveillance system for other respiratory pathogens, to monitor virus variants, assess virulence and epidemic developments .

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