Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee acknowledged the work of preventing and controlling Covid-19 epidemic in border districts of Nghe An

Accompanying the delegation were comrades: Vo Thi Minh Sinh - Member of the Provincial Party Standing Committee, Chairwoman of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of Nghe An province; Bui Dinh Long - Member of the Provincial Party Executive Committee, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee, Deputy Head of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Steering Committee for Covid-19 Prevention and Control; Dang Thanh Tung - Member of the Provincial Party Executive Committee, Chief of Office of the Provincial People's Committee; Duong Dinh Chinh - Member of the Provincial Party Executive Committee, Director of the Department of Health; representative of the Provincial Military Command.

The working group inspected the quarantine area set up at the Tuong Duong District Ethnic Minority Boarding Secondary School. Photo: Nhat Le

In Tuong Duong district, the Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee and the working delegation inspected the quarantine area set up at Tuong Duong District Ethnic Minority Boarding Secondary School with a scale of 250 beds. Here, on March 26-27, the District Steering Committee organized the reception and arranged accommodation for 242 people returning from Laos for work. All of these citizens had their body temperature measured twice a day by the staff of the Medical Center; currently, they are all in stable health.

Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Nguyen Duc Trung and the working delegation were very interested in the logistics regime for quarantined citizens. Photo: Nhat Le

Regarding the work of preventing and fighting the Covid-19 epidemic and implementing Directives 15 and 16, Chairman of the People's Committee of Tuong Duong district Phan Duc Son said that the district has deployed many comprehensive solutions. As of March 31, 2020, through screening, it was found that 1,562 citizens returned to the locality from China and South Korea for work. The residence time in the area has exceeded 20 days, many cases have resided for more than 1 month (have passed screening, stable health).

Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Nguyen Duc Trung presented gifts to encourage the forces performing tasks at the centralized quarantine area of ​​the Tuong Duong District Ethnic Minority Boarding Secondary School. Photo: Nhat Le

In Con Cuong district, there are currently 2 centralized quarantine areas, including Pu Mat National Park with a total of 209 quarantined people (currently 2 people have been transferred to Tay Nam General Hospital for treatment) and Nghe An Mountainous Vocational College with a total of 250 quarantined people. Along with that, the number of quarantined people being monitored and treated at Tay Nam Regional General Hospital is 11 people.

According to the leader of Con Cuong district, the situation in the area is currently stable, cases that need to be monitored and isolated are closely monitored every day; cases isolated in 2 isolation areas are currently living stably.

Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Nguyen Duc Trung discussed the work of preventing and fighting the Covid-19 epidemic in Con Cuong district. Photo: Nhat Le

Through inspection, the working delegation of the Provincial Steering Committee for Covid-19 Prevention and Control also assessed that the two above localities have seriously implemented Directives 15 and 16 of the Prime Minister on Covid-19 prevention and control.

On behalf of the working delegation, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Nguyen Duc Trung assessed that Tuong Duong and Con Cuong districts have seriously, methodically, resolutely and responsibly implemented the work of epidemic prevention and control, in accordance with requirements; well organized the implementation of tasks, especially the isolation task; promoted the participation of the political system and the people; coordinated the timely deployment of isolation areas; ensured logistics for people in isolation, especially effectively mobilized the contributions of the people.

The quality of meals for citizens in quarantine is of great concern to the Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee and the working delegation of the Provincial Steering Committee for Covid-19 Prevention and Control. Photo: Nhat Le

Currently, the Covid-19 epidemic has complicated and unpredictable developments. In that context, the Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee requested that localities continue to strictly implement measures to prevent and control the Covid-19 epidemic, with the spirit that if they have done well, they must continue to do better.

Specifically, it is necessary to strengthen the role of the Commune-level Steering Committee to grasp the situation in the area; the District-level Steering Committee presides over the quarantine work in the area, the military force is the core, the police force is in charge of security and order... Therefore, the District-level Steering Committee continues to focus on implementing the quarantine work to ensure good results; strengthen inspection and supervision to ensure security, order and safety for both the quarantined and the quarantined.

In addition to focusing on the prevention and control of the Covid-19 epidemic, the districts also pay attention to leading the implementation of socio-economic development tasks in the area, ensuring social security, especially for vulnerable groups in society and people affected by the Covid-19 epidemic with the spirit of leaving no one behind.

View of the centralized quarantine area at Nghe An Mountainous Vocational College. Photo: Nhat Le

At the visited locations, the delegation presented gifts to encourage officers, soldiers, medical staff and people who are quarantined and performing their duties there.