Following Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong’s call for concerted efforts against COVID-19, and the direction of the Government, the Prime Minister and the Ministry of Public Security, all officers and soldiers in public security force have held that the COVID-19 fight is a fierce battle.

During the battle, many officers and soldiers have put aside their own needs and concerns, others have been injured while on duty, and some have even laid down their lives to successfully complete their assigned tasks of maintaining the peace, lives and property of the people.

Thousands of public security officers and soldiers from various units have enthusiastically volunteered to head to Ho Chi Minh City and the southern provinces to aid in local pandemic response. They have been deployed from traffic and mobile police providers to administrative management and logistics units.

Since the outbreak of the pandemic's fourth wave, 574 public security healthcare workers have engaged in the treatment of COVID-19 patients while more than 3,000 other public security officers and soldiers plus over 1,500 public security students have joined hands to ensure security and social order in the southern localities.

Since Ho Chi Minh City tightened social distancing measures, public security forces have also been directly participating in distributing foods and essential goods to local residents affected by the lockdown.

Traffic policemen arrive at Hanoi's Noi Bai International Airport before departing for Ho Chi Minh City to aid COVID-19 response on August 21. (Photo: VNA)

In a move to facilitate the pandemic prevention and control, the Ministry of Public Security recently announced a mobility management system for people living in pandemic-hit areas, which is connected with the national database of population and residence.

Once the system has been put into operation, at each checkpoint, people passing by can simply provide a scan of their QR code without having to stop to make a health declaration, thus helping relevant agencies to quickly trace those who are infected with COVID-19.

Serving the key forces in the fight against the pandemic, public security forces must not be negligent nor subjective in performing their duties while equipping themselves with adequate skills in pandemic prevention and control according to the guidance of the Ministry of Health.

The public security sector needs to coordinate with health sector to speed up COVID-19 vaccination for all public security officers and soldiers as well as those directly performing the pandemic prevention and control tasks.

In addition, it is necessary to set up field hospitals for the treatment of COVID-19 patients who are in the public security forces in localities with complicated pandemic developments while consolidating intensive care units (ICU) at hospitals of the public security forces in order to protect the health of police officers and soldiers participating in the COVID-19 battle. The field hospitals and ICUs should also stand ready to support localities with increasing numbers of infections, thus contributing to bringing life back to normality.

Le Tu/Translated by NDO