HANOI: IMPOSE SOCIAL DISTANCING MEASURE FROM JULY 24
This content is prescribed in the Directive No. 17/CT-UBND dated July 23, 2021 of Hanoi People’s Committee on imposition of social distancing measure in the City for COVID-19 pandemic prevention and control.
Specifically, social distancing shall be imposed within 15 days from 6:00 on July 24, 2021 in the entire City on the principle that each family, neighborhood, village, commune - ward, urban - rural district, city and province shall be isolated from one another; and essential service business establishments, workshops and factories must ensure safety in pandemic prevention and control in accordance with regulations.
Citizens are requested to stay at home, only leave home in case of really necessary, such as buying foods, foodstuffs, medicines, medical emergencies, medical examination and treatment, vaccination; official duties, working at agencies, offices, factories, production establishments, establishments trading or providing essential goods or services, which are permitted to operate. Gatherings of more than 02 people in public places or outside of offices and hospitals shall be banned, and a minimum distance of 02 meters between two people shall be maintained.
Trading and service providers shall be closed or suspended from operation, except shopping malls, supermarkets, convenience stores, mini supermarkets, grocery shops, florists, greengrocer’s shops and agro-food business chains in areas where essential commodities are sold; stores selling drugs, medical equipment and consumables for medical examination and treatment and pandemic prevention and control; and health care service establishments, banks, treasuries, service providers directly related to banking activities and business assistance, securities, post and telecommunications, etc.
In addition, passenger transportation by road (using cars) or waterway such as buses, taxies, contract vehicles, tourist cars, inter-provincial passenger vehicles, river-crossing passenger terminals and public passenger transportation inland wharves, public passenger transportation by motorbikes (including app-based and traditional motorcycle taxis) shall be halted; except for the service of pandemic prevention and control, diplomacy, transport of workers and experts.
