Vietnam PM: Covid-19 in HCM City and other regions situation could get out of control without greater efforts

Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính chaired a meeting on Covid-19 with eight southern localities, including Ho Chi Minh City on Sunday (July 4, 2021). - Vietnam News/ANN

HO CHI MINH CITY, July 4 (Vietnam News/ANN): Prime Minister Pham Minh Chính on Sunday held a virtual meeting on Covid-19 prevention and control with eight southern localities which are witnessing a concerning surge in cases in recent days.

PM Chính said that while the situation remains largely under control, despite several instructions and measures from the Government and the National Steering Committee for Covid-19 Prevention and Control, the recent trend showed no positive signs but seems to have more "complicated developments," urging localities to discuss frankly and responsibly on what more could be done to put an end to the current outbreaks.