Ensuring essential needs of people in the only 'red zone' in Nghe An

Hung Loc Commune (Vinh City) is currently the locality with the most complicated Covid-19 epidemic in the province. From October 15 to 31, the commune recorded 43 Covid-19 infections, most of which were detected through community screening and screening in locked-down areas.

This is the only locality in Nghe An that is a "red zone" and is implementing epidemic prevention measures at level 4 according to Resolution 128 of the Government.

Hung Loc Commune currently has 3 medical quarantine areas with over 800 households. Photo: QA

In Hung Loc commune, there are currently 3 medical isolation areas with a total of 837 households and 3,012 people. Of which, area 1 is the largest in scale, including all of Phuc Loc and Tien Loc hamlets, part of hamlet 12 and part of Yen Son block, Ha Huy Tap ward with a total of 740 households and 2,650 people.

In the medical quarantine area, people are required to stay at home to prevent the epidemic, therefore, ensuring the welfare of people in the blockade area is being given top priority by local authorities.

All food and necessities that people register to buy through channels will be supplied promptly. Photo: PV

For households in need of purchasing food and necessities, they can contact the Commune Fatherland Front Committee, hamlet executive committee, community Covid team, union members, youth... via channels such as phone, Facebook, Zalo... to register to purchase goods. After that, these units will assign people to "go to the market for" people to ensure timely, quick and complete.

Regarding the transportation of essential goods to people, unlike previous quarantine periods, when people could go to the blockade checkpoint to receive goods, now people inHung Loc commune blockade areaare required to stay at home and all goods will be picked up by the checkpoint forces and transported to each home.

Mr. Cao Van Cuong - Vice Chairman of Hung Loc Commune People's Committee said: "To minimize the movement of people in the blockade area, the locality has increased human resources, material resources, and means to quickly transport goods to each household. The transport force is fully equipped with protective gear, when arriving at the house, the goods will be left at the door, the people will come out to get them later, minimizing contact with the force...".

Hung Loc commune authorities deliver food to each household in the blockade area. Photo: PV

It is known that since the establishment of medical quarantine areas, hundreds of orders from people in the blockaded areas for essential needs have been promptly resolved. On October 31 alone, 108 orders were supplied to help people feel secure in fighting the epidemic.

Mr. Nguyen Duc Hung - Secretary of the Youth Union of Hung Loc commune said: "With a large quarantine area, spanning many hamlets, and the complicated developments of the epidemic, union members, youth and other forces are always working at full capacity to ensure food needs for people throughout the commune. In recent days, the continuous cold and rainy weather has made the transportation of goods difficult, however, everyone encourages each other to try their best.complete the missionto join hands with people to overcome the pandemic".

Goods will be delivered to people's doorsteps, people will not have contact to ensure safety. Photo: PV

In addition to fully meeting the essential needs of people in the blockaded area, Hung Loc commune and benefactors provide free food and groceries to families in difficult circumstances and lonely elderly people, with the determination that "no one is left behind during the pandemic".