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| Minister of Health Nguyen Thanh Long speaks at the event. |
This online meeting was attended by representatives from the police departments of all centrally-run cities and provinces in Vietnam.
The event was co-chaired by Minister of Health Nguyen Thanh Long and Senior Lieutenant General Nguyen Van Son, Deputy Minister of Public Security.
Vietnam has experienced 3 waves of COVID-19 and had various lessons. In fact, the efforts of Vietnam to prevent the pandemic were appreciated by various foreign countries, said Minister of Health Nguyen Thanh Long.
The National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention And Control and the MoH also appreciated the efforts and contributions of the police forces to the fight against COVID-19 in Vietnam.
The work of tracing COVID-19 patients and suspects is to find out the source of infection of the case, identify people with risks of COVID-19 infection, and on that basis, take measures to completely isolate and prevent the spread of the pandemic.
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| Deputy Minister of Public Security Nguyen Van Son speaks at the event. |
Deputy Minister of Public Security Nguyen Van Son asked the Department of Health under the MPS to seriously follow the directions of the minister of health and other delegates, and advise the MPS leadership on directing the whole Public Security Forces to raise the efficiency of tracing people suspected of COVID-19.
The police force should coordinate with local health agencies to ensure security and order and health safety for the upcoming election of the 15th National Assembly and local People’s Councils for 2021-26 term.
Additionally, they should promote the management of residence of people. The police force in the provinces which share border with Laos and Cambodia should strictly follow the directions of the ministry, enhance cooperation with functional forces in preventing illegal border crossings.
They should promptly detect and handle cases of illegal border crossings, and strictly punish subjects organizing illegal border crossings.

