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 taking 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 risk of epidemics to have appropriate and timely response measures.

Event - Encouraging people to wear masks in public to prevent Covid-19 — Encourage people 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 control epidemics during the Lunar New Year; environmental sanitation after rain and floods; environmental sanitation in schools; organize environmental sanitation campaigns to kill mosquito larvae, collect waste and scrap to proactively prevent and control 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 extermination 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; organize early detection, investigation, and timely handling of cases, and be ready to respond effectively to emerging, re-emerging, and invading diseases to minimize the incidence and mortality rates, and minimize economic , cultural, and social losses.

Along with that, ensure the rate of full vaccination for children under 1 year old reaches over 95% in communes, wards and towns; vaccination of other vaccines reaches a high rate 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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