The Prime Minister directs to strengthen the prevention and control of COVID-19 epidemic

DNHN - The Government Office has just issued Document No. 4114/VPCP-KGVX dated July 2, 2022 conveying the Prime Minister's direction on strengthening the prevention and control of COVID-19.

The sub-variant BA.5 of Omicron that has just entered Vietnam is believed to spread faster, but it is unknown whether it causes more severe disease.
The sub-variant BA.5 of Omicron that has just entered Vietnam is believed to spread faster, but it is unknown whether it causes more severe disease..

In the face of unpredictable developments of the COVID-19 epidemic, especially the emergence of a new strain BA.5 of the SARS-CoV-2 virus has entered Vietnam, increasing the risk of disease outbreaks again, in order to strengthen to control the epidemic, create favorable conditions to promote socio-economic recovery and development, the Prime Minister requested the Ministry of Health, relevant ministries, agencies and localities to thoroughly grasp and strictly, drastically and effectively organize the implementation of the Government's and the Prime Minister's direction in the following documents: Resolution No. 63/NQ-CP dated May 3, 2022, Resolution No. 77/NQ-CP dated June 8 2022; Documents: No. 2263/VPCP-KGVX dated April 12, 2022, No. 2323/VPCP-KGVX dated April 14, 2022, No. 2521/VPCP-KGVX dated April 21, 2022, No. 2570/VPCP-KGVX dated April 22, 2022, No. 26400/VPCP-KGVX on April 27, 2022, No. 3182/VPCP-KGVX on May 23, 2022, No. 3724/VPCP-KGVX on June 15, 2022, No. 162/TB- VPCP dated June 2, 2022, No. 182/TB-VPCP dated June 23, 2022 of the Government Office and other relevant documents.

The Prime Minister requested the Ministry of Health to urgently and more aggressively urge and support localities to speed up vaccination against COVID-19, especially the 3rd and 4th doses for people aged 12 years and older; 2 injections for children from 5 years old to under 12 years old according to the goals set by the Government and the Prime Minister, ensuring safety, science and effectiveness.

To ensure adequate and timely supply of curative drugs, biological products, supplies and equipment for medical examination and treatment and epidemic prevention and control throughout the country.

The Prime Minister requested chairpersons of People's Committees of provinces and centrally run cities to focus on leading and directing the promotion of vaccination against COVID-19 with doses 3 and 4 for people aged 12 years and older, 2 full injections for children from 5 years old to under 12 years old The Ministry of Health has guided, according to the goals set by the Government and the Prime Minister to ensure safety, science and effectiveness. Use timely and effectively the number of COVID-19 vaccines allocated by the Ministry of Health, avoiding waste.

The Ministry of Information and Communications shall assume the prime responsibility for, and coordinate with the Ministry of Health in, directing media agencies to do a good job of communicating so that the people understand the complicated and unpredictable developments of the epidemic and the new strain BA.5 of the SARS-CoV-2 virus that can cause an outbreak to re-emerge to support and actively participate in vaccination against the COVID-19 epidemic and continue to take measures to prevent and control the disease.

The sub-variant BA.5 of Omicron that has just entered Vietnam is believed to spread faster, but it is unknown whether it causes more severe disease. However, a point of interest to many people is that BA.5 can cause disease in people who have been infected with Omicron variants before.

BA.5 and BA.4 sub-variants of Omicron continue to be detected in 62 and 58 countries, respectively, indicating a general trend of global expansion.

In our country, currently sub-variant BA.2 accounts for mainly with mild clinical manifestations. However, the new subvariant entering BA.5 could potentially overwhelm the old variant. "Up to now, a number of countries in Europe and the US have appeared sub-variants BA.4, BA.5 and have started to have an increase in the number of cases"- Prof. Dr. Phan Trong Lan emphasized.

Regarding the spread of the two sub-variants BA.4 and BA.5, the world is currently continuing to evaluate. However, some early small-scale evaluations suggest that these two subvariants spread more rapidly than variants BA.1 and BA.2.

Regarding the ability to cause severe disease, there is no specific evidence, but some studies show that there is an aggravation in the African region.

Tin Tin

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