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PM URGES PEOPLE TO WORK AT HOME AS CORONAVIRUS CASES SURGE
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc called on the public to stay at home and work online to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus, given several hot spots in Hanoi and HCMC where more than a dozen of infection cases have been confirmed.
He was speaking at a regular Cabinet meeting with the Steering Committee for Covid-19 Infection Prevention and Control, held in Hanoi today, March 30, reported the Government news website.
“The spirit is that [residents in] a certain province should stay in the province. [Residents in] a district should stay in the district. [Residents in] a commune should stay in the commune… [Residents in] a house should shelter at home,” he said.
He explained that crowds of residents still traverse across their provinces, which put them at high risks of infection.
Apart from exceptions, like those people working at hospitals, stores, supermarkets, and other production facilities serving essential goods for the public, everyone else should stay at home and work online.
Employers should let their staff work at home, and refrain from going to their workplaces. The exception is granted for key personnel who could not be absent.
Authorities are trying to stamp out some key Covid-19 infection clusters at Bach Mai Hospital and its food caterer Truong Sinh Co., Ltd., both in Hanoi, and Buddha Bar in HCMC.
Source: The Saigon Times
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