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Ho Chi Minh City sanctions violations of sanitary guidelines | Society

Ho Chi Minh City (VNA) – Five days after the sanctions against non-masked people were implemented, as of August 10, 841 people have been administratively sanctioned for failing to comply with COVID-19 prevention measures. This information was announced at a meeting of the Steering Committee for the Control and Prevention of COVID-19 in Ho Chi Minh City.

photo">Violations of the health instructions recommended as part of the fight against the spread of the coronavirus are severely punished. Photo: CVN

Le Thanh Liêm, permanent vice chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee, said that from August 5, the city began to punish people who do not wear masks in public places. After five days of implementation, 841 citizens were sanctioned administratively. Cu Chi district is said to be the most unruly locality with 123 recorded verbalizations. Conversely, the 9th arrondissement and the districts of Nhà Bè and Cân Gio would have been exemplary.

Lê Thanh Liêm urged the authorities to continue these inspections and to punish those who do not respect the rules relating to wearing a mask. He also recalled the importance of continuing to educate residents on virus prevention actions.

Regarding the situation of the COVID-19 epidemic, its the report of the Municipal Health Service, as of August 10, 72 cases of COVID-19 have been recorded in the southern megalopolis, 62 patients are cured while ten others are still in treatment.

Rapid examination of infectious sources

In addition, Ho Chi Minh City also recorded two cases of recurrence of the SARS-CoV-2 virus. Currently, these two patients have been transferred to Cu Chi Field Hospital in the fortnight.

Regarding the screening of people returning from Dà Nang (Center), at 8:00 am on Monday morning, August 10, 51,337 people had completed their medical declaration. 45,019 people were tested and 43,414 people had negative results against six who tested positive.

The chairman of the Municipal People’s Committee, Nguyên Thành Phong, asked the Health Service to continue to focus on the rapid examination of the infectious sources and the risks of contamination in the community, as well as to attach crucial importance to the protection and the safety of patients over 60. At the same time, calls were made to “reactivate” home medical examination activities for people over 60 and to mobilize qualified health workers to deal with severe infections. In addition, the healthcare sector should also plan for an increase in random testing procedures for high risk subjects such as drivers, receptionists or wholesale market vendors.

In addition, Nguyên Thành Phong demanded that the health sector strengthen the surveillance, prevention and control of other diseases such as dengue, hand-foot-mouth disease, diphtheria in order to prevent a worrying accumulation of all these diseases of epidemic character. – CVN / VNA

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