Hanoi orders closure of internet shops to control COVID-19 11:07 | 02/02/2021
Authorities in Hanoi have ordered the temporary closure of online game and internet shops from February 2 early morning, as part of the efforts to contain the spread of COVID-19 pandemic in the city, according to Vice Chairman of the municipal Peopleâs Committee Chu Xuan Dung.
Vice Chairman of the Hanoi Peopleâs Committee Chu Xuan Dung speaks at a meeting of the city s Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi â Authorities in Hanoi have ordered the temporary closure of online game and internet shops from February 2 early morning, as part of the efforts to contain the spread of COVID-19 pandemic in the city, according to Vice Chairman of the municipal Peopleâs Committee Chu Xuan Dung.
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Hanoi’s air quality continues worsening
Hanoi’s air pollution has continued worsening in many areas, posing health risks for local residents.
According to the Hanoi Department of Natural Resources and Environment, the air quality index at the city’s 34 air monitoring stations this morning, January 21 faced extremely severe pollution. Four stations located in Thanh Xuan District, Cau Giay District and Hoan Kiem District had the worst results.
The department’s Environmental Protection Board said that the content of high fine particulate matters of PM 2.5 and PM 10 increased by 1.3-2 times against the day before.
Weather conditions with the thick dense smog and high moisture is among the major causes of the serious pollution in the city, the board added.
Tightening COVID-19 prevention and control measures in Hanoi
On January 21, a meeting of municipal Steering Committee on COVID-19 Prevention and Control took place in Hanoi to propose measures to tighten COVID-19 prevention and control.
The meeting of municipal Steering Committee on COVID-19 Prevention and Control (Source: VNA)
At the meeting, Vice Chairman of the Hanoi municipal People’s Committee Chu Xuan Dung has required departments, agencies, mass organisations and people to continue seriously comply with the Prime Minister and municipal authorities’ instructions on strengthening COVID-19 prevention and control.
Mr. Dung particularly asked the public security force to closely monitor entries from abroad and punishing illegal immigrants and violators of pandemic prevention and control regulations, reported VNA.
A medical worker takes sample for COVID-19 testing in Vietnam. (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam reported two more imported
cases of COVID-19 over the last 24 hours, taking the
national count to 1,548,
the National Steering Committee for
COVID-19 Prevention and Control announced on
January 22.
The two patients include a 52-year-old Indian specialist who
arrived at Ho Chi Minh City’s Tan Son Nhat International Airport on January 19.
The other is a 27-year-old Vietnamese national returning from Japan and also
arriving at Tan Son Nhat Airport.
Both men have been put under quarantine upon their arrivals
and are being treated at hospitals.
Illustrative image (Source: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Two new imported cases of COVD-19 were reported in the past 24 hours to 6pm on January 21, bringing the country’s total count to 1,546, according to the
Both the two new patients are
Vietnamese citizens returning from the US transiting the Republic of Korea. They have been hospitalized at the Phu Yen general hospital.
Also on January 21, five COVID-19 patients were given the all-clear, raising the total number of recoveries to 1,411. Fatalities remain at 35.
Among patients still under treatment, nine have tested negative for SARS-CoV-2, the virus causing COVID-19, once, 15 twice and seven thrice.
A total 18,603 people who had close contact with