Medical staff instructing people to vaccinate.
Discussing at the National Assembly this morning on May 29 on the report of the Monitoring Delegation related to the mobilization, management and use of resources for the prevention and control of the COVID-5 epidemic; implementing policies and laws on grassroots health, preventive medicine, delegate Nguyen Lan Hieu, Binh Dinh Provincial National Assembly Delegation proposed that Vietnam can declare the end of the COVID-19 epidemic because it has fully converged. necessary factors.
Specifically, delegate Nguyen Lan Hieu said that currently, the rate of severe illness caused by COVID-19 is almost gone, with deaths mainly due to severe underlying diseases. That shows that COVID-19 is still contagious in the community but no longer has a high mortality risk. In addition, Vietnam has achieved a high nationwide coverage of COVID-19 vaccine.
On the other hand, the world COVID-19 situation has stabilized when in early May 5, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the COVID-2023 pandemic no longer a global health emergency. These are the conditions for Vietnam to transfer COVID-19 from group A infectious diseases (especially dangerous diseases with the ability to spread very quickly, spread widely, with high mortality) to group B (communicable diseases). dangerous infections that can spread quickly, which can be fatal).
Delegate Nguyen Lan Hieu said that when COVID-19 is no longer a group A infectious disease, it should be considered a specialized disease and treated like other specialized diseases. Payments should also behave like other illnesses, i.e. covered by health insurance or self-pay services.
Delegate Nguyen Lan Hieu, Binh Dinh National Assembly Delegation spoke at the National Assembly.
Delegate Nguyen Lan Hieu added that from mid-2022, also at the National Assembly forum, he had proposed to consider declaring the end of the COVID-19 epidemic. Recently, the Prime Minister also directed the Ministry of Health to prepare documents to transfer COVID-19 from group A infectious disease to group B and announce the end of the epidemic in Vietnam.
Also related to the prevention and control of the COVID-19 pandemic in the new context, delegate Nguyen Anh Tri, Hanoi's National Assembly Delegation proposed to stop researching and producing COVID-19 vaccines in Vietnam. . According to the delegate, it is now too late to research and produce a COVID-19 vaccine, but it is necessary to find a good vaccine, with a reasonable price and enough to vaccinate the people.
Re-evaluating the process of COVID-19 prevention and control over the past three years, delegate Nguyen Anh Tri emphasized that Vietnam is one of the countries that has most successfully controlled the COVID-19 pandemic; in which the vaccine diplomacy strategy is very good, very fast, very successful, making an important contribution to the country having enough, timely and immediate vaccination for the people.
Agreeing with the assessment of the National Assembly's Oversight Delegation, "appreciate the joint effort of the people and individuals and collectives who have contributed to the prevention and control of COVID," delegate Nguyen Anh Tri said that this is a great and meaningful message about the spirit of national unity and love. Therefore, the delegate proposed the competent agencies to pay and settle the cost of epidemic prevention and control for the forces, localities and units; do a better job of praising and rewarding units and individuals participating in epidemic prevention and control.
For serious violations in COVID-19 prevention and control activities, according to this delegate, the authorities need to handle them very seriously, but also need to consider cases that are not self-interested but because they are timely. during the anti-epidemic period to ensure the interests of the community in accordance with the direction of the Party and the National Assembly.
According to VNA
