People who return to Hà Nội from localities with current COVID-19 outbreaks report their health conditions at Quan Hoa Ward’s Community House in Cầu Giấy District. From February 19, all such returnees would be tested for SARS-CoV-2. —VNA/VNS Photo Huy Hùng HÀ NỘI — Health Minister Nguyễn Thanh Long on Friday emphasised the “key role of testing in controlling COVID-19”, asking localities nationwide to improve testing capacity, shorten time to produce testing results and make use of available resources to detect, isolate and monitor COVID-19 cases. Speaking at an online meeting with localities nationwide over COVID-19 prevention and control, Long said that localities must prepare resources to improve their testing capacity. “If we are slow in testing, we will still chase but won’t stop the disease. Meanwhile, COVID-19 outbreaks at this time are spreading so quickly, we don’t have much time or we will lose,” Long said. Current COVID-19 outbreaks, particularly ones in the north were developing with the presence of new variants of SARS-CoV-2 which could spread 70 per cent faster than the old one, Long said, adding that a high number of infections were reported within a short time. The outbreaks happened in industrial zones, just before and during the Tết… Read full this story
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