Hanoi turns on high alert, conducts massive testing against Covid-19

Hanoi is conducting massive testing for the novel coronavirus after two new cases confirmed in the city are reportedly related to the Hai Duong and Quang Ninh outbreaks.

Secretary of the Hanoi Party’s Committee Vuong Dinh Hue chairs a meeting on Covid-19 control. Photo: Kinhtedothi

Shortly after the local infections found, Secretary of the Hanoi Party’s Committee Vuong Dinh Hue requested the reactivation of Covid-19 fighting scenarios at an online meeting on January 28 that he chaired.

Chairman of the Hanoi People’s Committee Chu Ngoc Anh. Source: Hanoi.gov.vn

Chairman of the Hanoi People’s Committee Chu Ngoc Anh released at night an urgent instruction on combating the pandemic, asking all forces to join the battle.

Chu Xuan Dung, deputy chairman of the Hanoi People’s Committee and head of the city’s Committee on Covid-19 Prevention and Control. Source: Plo.vn

Chu Xuan Dung, deputy chairman of the Hanoi People’s Committee and head of the city’s Committee on Covid-19 Prevention and Control, said at the meeting that the city is in high alert of SARS-CoV-2 transmission.

He pointed out reasons that make Hanoi being in "red" warning level, including a large number of people coming to the city, illegal immigration, crowd gatherings ahead of Tet holiday, people’s heedlessness of the pandemic transmission, and fast spread of the new Covid-19 variants.

Health sector will conduct testing on people coming from Hai Duong and Quang Ninh from January 14 onwards.

Other forces are required to tighten control over immigration, quarantine, and health declaration.