Hanoi suspends non-essential services, plans mass COVID-19 vaccination
(VOVWORLD) - From Tuesday, Hanoi will suspend all non-essential services, including restaurants (only takeaways accepted) and hair salons, as well as entertainment activities, physical exercises and large gatherings in parks, gardens and public locations.
All people from Ho Chi Minh City and pandemic-hit areas must declare to local authorities, and must be quarantined at home for 14 days as regulated by the Health Ministry.
People who return to the capital from places considered COVID-19 hotspots must provide negative coronavirus test results before entry within three days of their arrival. The city's health officials have so far recorded more than 60 positive cases since July 4.
Hanoi authorties are also planning a large-scale COVID-19 vaccination campaign, targeting all people aged between 18-65.
Under the plan, more than 5.1 million doses will be administered and the city will try to deliver a maximum of 200,000 injections a day.
People can register for vaccination right at wards or communes where they live, or online via the COVID-19 vaccination portal.