HANOI– Non-essential services, including hair salons and restaurants, across the Vietnamese capital, Hanoi, reopened today, due to the city’s easing restrictions over COVID-19.
The reopening was based on a circular, released by the municipal authorities yesterday, which also announced the removal of travel permits, for inner-city commuters.
According to the circular, COVID-19-related prevention and control measures in the city, have now been adjusted, in line with the Vietnamese Prime Minister’s Directive 15, representing a downgrade from the stringent measures, applied since July 24.
Specifically, food and drink establishments are permitted to reopen for takeaway and delivery services only, and must close before 9:00 p.m. daily. Some other daily services, including traditional markets and stores selling stationery and textbooks also reopened.
However, certain tight control measures will remain in place, until the capital city completes administering second doses of the COVID-19 vaccine for all adults, the circular said.
Over the past two weeks, in Hanoi’s fourth period of the strictest social distancing, beginning July 24, the number of new confirmed cases declined significantly to a daily average of 28, compared to 71 in the initial two weeks of the cited period.
As of yesterday, Hanoi has administered over 5.5 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines, for over 83 percent of its adult population, the department said.
Source: NAM NEWS NETWORK