The Prime Minister requested the Ministry of Health to coordinate with relevant ministries and branches to prepare documents according to regulations to transfer COVID-19 from group A infectious disease to group B and announce the end of the epidemic˳
Quick test for COVID-19 at the peak of the epidemic in 2021 in Binh Chanh district, Ho Chi Minh City – Photo: X˳MAI
The Government Office has just issued Official Letter No˳ 3575 to Minister of Health Dao Hong Lan on the prevention of COVID-19 in the new situation˳
The official dispatch stated, considering the report No˳ 626 dated May 13, 2023 of the Ministry of Health on the prevention and control of the COVID-19 epidemic in the new situation, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh assigned the Ministry of Health to assume the prime responsibility and coordinate with the Ministries and agencies concerned prepare dossiers according to regulations to transfer COVID-19 from group A infectious disease to group B and announce the end of the epidemic˳
The Ministry of Health shall submit this dossier to the Prime Minister for consideration and decision˳
The Prime Minister agreed to strengthen the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 prevention and control as proposed by the Ministry of Health in the above report No˳ 626 and assigned the Ministry of Health to assume the prime responsibility and coordinate with relevant ministries and agencies˳ The agency prepares documents to submit to the Prime Minister for consideration and decision˳
Simultaneously, the Ministry of Health prepared contents and programs, coordinated with the Government Office to hold a meeting of the National Steering Committee on May 27, 2023 to announce the end of the Steering Committee’s tasks˳
The Prime Minister also requested the Ministry of Health, based on the recommendations of the World Health Organization and the actual situation of the COVID-19 epidemic in Vietnam, to develop a plan for sustainable control and management of the COVID-19 epidemic˳ period 2023 – 2025, promulgated according to its authority˳ In case of exceeding competence, report to competent authorities for consideration and decision˳
More than 11,598 million cases of COVID-19
Since the beginning of the epidemic, Vietnam has had more than 11,598 million infections, ranking 13 out of 231 countries and territories˳ While with the rate of infections / 1 million people, Vietnam ranks 120 / 231 countries and territories (117,212 cases on average per 1 million people)˳
The WHO Director-General officially declared COVID-19 no longer a global health emergency from May 5, but warned that the disease would never go away˳
The 8th day in a row without a death due to COVID-19
Source link: https://cocc˳edu˳vn/thu-tuong-yeu-cau-xem-xet-cong-bo-het-dich-covid-19-20230519125712687˳htm
