More public security health workers to be sent to COVID hotspot

Deputy Minister Nguyen Van Son speaks at the event.

Leaders from the provincial-level police departments briefed Deputy Minister Nguyen Van Son on the pandemic situation in their localities, as well as results of COVID-19 prevention and combat in these localities.

Deputy Minister Nguyen Van Son emphasized that Bac Ninh, Bac Giang and Hanoi have so far controlled the pandemic, but various southern localities, such as Ho Chi Minh City, Binh Duong and Dong Nai, have seen complicated development of the pandemic.

He urged the police forces in the southern region to strictly follow the directions of the Party Secretariat, the Prime Minister and the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Combat and the Ministry of Health to control the spread of the pandemic.

The deputy minister appreciated the efforts and achievements in preventing and fighting the pandemic of various units under the Public Security Ministry, including the Mobile Police Command, public security schools and particularly doctors, nurses and medical workers from public security hospitals.

He also spoke highly of the efforts of the Department of Information and Communications and the public security press sector in fully covering the activities and efforts of public security officers, doctors and health workers working on the frontline of the fight against the pandemic.