HÀ NỘI — The Ministry of Health has submitted to the Government a proposal to declare the end of the COVID-19 pandemic as a group A disease and abolish a number of pandemic prevention measures. According to the ministry, for more than three years of COVID-19 pandemic prevention and control, the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control, the National Assembly, the Government and the Prime Minister, the Ministry of Health and other ministries, branches and localities have issued several regulations guiding pandemic prevention and control activities. The ministry said that it has carried out procedures to adjust acute respiratory infections caused by a new strain of coronavirus from a Group A infectious disease to a Group B infectious disease. The ministry has also developed a plan for control, supervision and treatment instructions related to the COVID-19 pandemic for localities to implement when declaring the end of the COVID-19 group A pandemic. The ministry also proposed abolishing a number of measures on COVID-19 pandemic prevention and control issued by the National Steering Committee for Pandemic Prevention and Control and the Prime Minister.

Source: Viet Nam News September 30, 2023 02:46 UTC