Many provinces have provided medical staff to support Ho Chi Minh City and several southern provinces to fight the epidemic. In the photo, Party Secretary of Thai Nguyen Province Nguyen Thanh Hai sees off volunteers to the South to fight the epidemic.

That is the content of a dispatch send by the Government Office to the Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee and Chair of the People's Committee of 40 provinces and cities throughout the country, including: Vinh Phuc, Bac Ninh, Quang Ninh, Hai Duong, Hai Phong, Hung Yen, Thai Binh, Ha Nam, Nam Dinh , Ninh Binh, Ha Giang, Cao Bang, Bac Kan, Tuyen Quang, Lao Cai, Yen Bai, Thai Nguyen, Lang Son, Bac Giang, Phu Tho, Dien Bien, Lai Chau, Son La, Hoa Binh, Thanh Hoa, Nghe An, Ha Tinh, Quang Binh, Quang Tri, Thua Thien - Hue, Quang Nam, Quang Ngai, Binh Dinh, Ninh Thuan, Binh Thuan, Kon Tum, Gia Lai, Dak Lak, Dak Nong, and Lam Dong.

As the situation is very urgent, the Prime Minister has asked the above provinces to send a list of health workers to the Ministry of Health before 2pm on August 21.

The Prime Minister emphasized that this is a very important and urgent task, so provinces and cities must implement immediately and report to the PM at the prescribed time.

As of August 18, the Ministry of Health and the provinces and cities in the North and Central regions had sent 13,145 health workers to support Ho Chi Minh City and southern provinces to prevent and control the Covid-19 epidemic.

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A delegation of the Ministry of Health led by Minister Nguyen Thanh Long arrived in Ho Chi Minh City on August 15 afternoon to work with the city's authorities in COVID-19 prevention and control.