Minister Nguyen Manh Hung recommends that staff work at home: We have the technology to meet each other online to work effectively at home!

At an online meeting between the Government Standing Committee and five cities directly under the Central Government on the prevention of Covid-19, the Minister of Information and Communications Nguyen Manh Hung said that currently there are 39,000 patients in Bach Mai Hospital. The total number of inpatient, outpatient and 16,000 employees and waiters, all 45,000, said: “If a cell phone number is found, it will be easy to contact people close to the cases. medical examination and treatment try to record the mobile number, until necessary, it can be found, “the Minister said.

The Covid-19 epidemic was complicated, the Ministry of Information and Communications proposed to officials and employees working from home to limit the crowds: “We have enough technology to meet people online to do online effective home work! “.

The Minister said that the current situation should switch to online management mode, many activities can be done online to limit movement and avoid crowded contact.

“The Ministry of Information and Communications conducted the first inspection of the Department of Information and Communications through the Internet, we connected with the Department to perform remotely,” the Minister cited.

Currently, central and local governments have applied many effective software. The Ministry of Information and Communications and the Ministry of Health will publish these software, for example, software that announces who has had close contact with someone infected with Covid-19 …

Regarding the telecommunication infrastructure to support the anti-epidemic of Covid-19, Communications and Information has instructed network operators to invest so as not to be congested online.

Regarding information and propaganda, Minister Nguyen Manh Hung said that the daily information about the disease situation is very large, about 7,000 articles in the press and 80,000 messages on social networks. 30 million people read newspapers and 150 million people read social media every day. The means to reach many people and fast are television, messages, speakers, social networks. Besides, the texting applied recently is also very effective, fast, clear, to each person.

“Covid-19 this time, we have good control of social networks, social networks basically agree to fight against epidemics. The press is still a channel with a large number of readers, in-depth news, and closely following the direction of the Government”, the Ministry said. Chief Nguyen Manh Hung said.

Recently, the Ministry of Information and Communications has directed the direction of communication, writing more about epidemic prevention and control measures, socio-economic activities, promoting communication on the spirit of solidarity. difficult period, as many landlords exempt from rent in April and May for people from the provinces to the city to do business …

“The past communication efficiency has done very well. The unification, throughout the original news from the government is very important,” the Minister said. He said that the nationwide case of corona virus infection should be published twice a day and agreed from one source, the Ministry of Health, that many cases could be published 3 times a day.