Pagodas in the province join hands to share with concentrated quarantine areas

The Buddhist delegation of Pho Mon Pagoda presented gifts at the Northwest Regional General Hospital. Photo: Huy Thu

On the afternoon of March 31, after a short time of organizing donations, the Buddhist delegation of Pho Mon Pagoda, Nghi Lien Commune (Vinh City) was present at the Northwest Regional General Hospital to give the task force there 1,000 masks and 50 boxes of mineral water.

On the same morning, Venerable Thich Tam Thanh - abbot of Co Am pagoda, Dien Chau district, and a number of Buddhists visited the Covid-19 quarantine center in Dien Chau district and presented some necessities (instant noodles, antiseptic solution, etc.) and some cash to the center to support people in quarantine.

Buddhist delegation of Co Am pagoda gives gifts at the quarantine area in Dien Chau district. Photo: Huy Thu

Previously, on March 29, Venerable Thich Tue Minh, abbot of Chi Linh Pagoda, Yen Thanh District, visited Yen Thanh Vocational College, a concentrated quarantine area for Covid-19 prevention and control, to visit the forces on duty there and present 1,000 antibacterial masks, hand sanitizer, and various candies to encourage everyone.

Representatives of Chi Linh Pagoda give gifts at the quarantine area in Yen Thanh district. Photo: Huy Thu

While localities, departments, branches and forces are actively preventing and fighting the Covid-19 epidemic, these are humane gestures of monks, nuns and Buddhists to join hands with the community in preventing and fighting the epidemic.