Warning about complacency towards Covid-19 epidemic at fishing ports

Xuan Hoang - Viet Hung• February 1, 2021 07:03

(Baonghean.vn) - The Covid-19 epidemic is developing complicatedly, but at fishing ports in Nghe An, where there are always many people, Covid-19 epidemic prevention work in some places is still subjective, most of the people coming here do not wear masks.

Most people coming to Lach Van fishing port do not wear masks. Clip: Xuan Hoang

Recorded atFishing portLach Van in Dien Ngoc commune, Dien Chau district on the afternoon of January 31 showed that thousands of people gathered here to buy and sell seafood, but Covid-19 prevention work has not been focused on. Most of the people coming here do not wear masks; fishermen on fishing boats when returning to port also do not wear masks.

Most people coming to Lach Van Fishing Port at noon on January 31 did not wear masks to prevent the Covid-19 epidemic. Photo: Xuan Hoang

Meanwhile, the Lach Van Fishing Port Management Board did not propagate or remind people to wear masks.face maskWhen asked, people ignored me. If I answered, they thought I forgot or didn't care because the epidemic hadn't happened in the area yet.

Mr. Ngo Xuan Thuy - Head of Lach Van Fishing Port said that during this period, the unit has not received any documents or directives on Covid-19 prevention from above, so the unit has not implemented epidemic prevention solutions like previous times. However, the staff still reminded people to wear masks when gathering in large numbers to buy and sell seafood at the port.

Every day at noon, Lach Van Fishing Port has thousands of people coming to buy and sell seafood, the risk of spreading the disease is very high. Photo: Xuan Hoang

At Lach Quen Fishing Port (Quynh Luu), according to the reporter's observation, at this time, there are not many boats returning to the port, so the fishermen are not crowded. In particular, most of the people are aware of wearing masks to prevent the epidemic.Covid-19.

Dien Chau fishermen have not paid attention to epidemic prevention work. Photo: Xuan Hoang

Crew member Nguyen Van Tung, a fisherman from Quynh Long Commune (Quynh Luu), said that after 4 days at sea, his boat returned to shore this morning with tons of squid. After receiving instructions from the authorities and the Quynh Thuan Border Guard Station on Covid-19 prevention, Tung reminded the crew members to wear masks.

People who come to buy and sell seafood at Lach Quen Fishing Port have been aware of Covid-19 prevention by wearing masks. Photo: Viet Hung

In order to effectively implement the work of preventing and fighting the Covid-19 epidemic, in recent days, Quynh Luu district has focused on propaganda on mass media, directive documents to communes and towns for people in the whole district to strictly implement. Due to the nature of the seafaring profession, after fishermen returned to shore, local mass organizations quickly went to the fishing port to propagate people to comply with disease prevention, and distributed free masks to fishermen.

However, there are still some fishermen who have not done well in disease prevention, not wearing masks, and gathering in large crowds.