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| When patient 3098 was discovered, Nghe An province decided to lock down 5/8 villages of Quynh Lap commune. Photo: Thanh Cuong |
On May 6, patient 3098 in Son Long village, communeQuynh Lap, Hoang Mai town was discovered to be infected with Covid-19. That same night, Nghe An province decided to lock down 5/8 villages of Quynh Lap commune, namely Tam Tien, Dong Tien, Tan Hai, Tan Thanh and Son Long, with nearly 1,900 households and more than 8,300 people, to prevent the epidemic. Many people who had direct contact with patient 3098 were taken to centralized medical quarantine; thousands of people who had indirect contact with patient 3098 were forced to quarantine at home...
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| Many voters of Quynh Lap commune are F1 and F2 cases and are required to undergo centralized medical isolation at home. Photo: Thanh Cuong |
The impact of the Covid-19 epidemic has caused the organization of the Election Day of the XV National Assembly and People's Councils at all levels for the 2021-2026 term of the Commune Election Committee to be delayed.Quynh Lapencountered difficulties and obstacles, due to the first time encountering this special situation. To help Quynh Lap, on May 11, 2021, the Nghe An Provincial Election Committee issued Instruction No. 104/HD-UBBC guiding a number of contents of the organization of the election day of the 15th National Assembly and People's Councils at all levels for the 2021-2026 term, in conjunction with the work of preventing and fighting the Covid-19 epidemic in Nghe An province. |
| Mr. Ho Sy Hoang - Party Secretary, Chairman of the People's Council of Quynh Lap commune said: Instruction 104 has removed difficulties for the election work in Quynh Lap. Photo: Thanh Cuong |
Based on Instruction 104, on May 13, the Election Committee of Quynh Lap commune met and developed a detailed election plan for the quarantined area of its locality. Mr. Ho Sy Hoang - Party Secretary, Chairman of the People's Council of Quynh Lap commune (Head of the Steering Committee, Chairman of the Election Committee of Quynh Lap commune) said: In this plan, Quynh Lap divided into 9 polling stations; 2 areas including 3 villages implementing social distancing according to Directive 15 and 5 villages implementing social distancing according to Directive 16; divided into 4 subjects including voters who are F1, F2 cases, people in the socially isolated area according to Directive 16 and people in the isolated area according to Directive 15. |
| Based on instruction 104, Quynh Lap commune has developed an election organization scenario suitable to its local situation. Photo: Thanh Cuong |
Specific scenario: For voters who are F1 cases of patient 3098, the Election Committee of Quynh Lap commune sent the voter list to the Election Committees of Quynh Thien and Quynh Di wards so that citizens who are in centralized medical isolation can exercise their right to vote in accordance with the law.In 5 villages implementing social isolation according to Directive 16 - where there are F2 cases being isolated at home and 2 F1 cases being isolated at the commune's centralized isolation area, the Quynh Lap Commune Election Committee built mobile ballot boxes for the election team to bring to 2 citizens who are F1 cases here to exercise their civil rights.
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| Quynh Lap Commune Election Committee distributes masks and disinfects polling stations. Photo: Thanh Cuong |
For F2 cases that are being quarantined at home, the election team will let these voters come to vote at the last moment of the election day. After the F2 citizens have finished voting, the election team will organize disinfection before counting the votes.In the 3 villages implementing social distancing according to Directive 15, Quynh Lap commune has organized specific designs for each polling station with full epidemic prevention measures from the location of hand sanitizers, masks; distance lines, ensuring voters are at least 2m apart when voting. In the voting area, the ballot recording stations must also be 2m apart... ensuring safety for voters and officials performing election duties.
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| Propagating Covid-19 prevention solutions to voters when going to the polls using the radio system within the commune and village. Photo: Thanh Cuong |
In particular, in both areas, the Quynh Lap Commune Election Committee has clearly separated voters into alleys. Each alley in the villages is arranged to vote at separate times, to avoid crowds, creating the risk of spreading the disease.To implement this detailed plan, the Quynh Lap Commune Election Committee has fully prepared technical aspects from disinfectant water, masks, distributed to constituencies and polling stations; decorated polling stations; propagated by many means (panels, posters, loudspeakers, social networks, electronic information portals) so that all voters know and fully participate; ensuring scientificity and avoiding large gatherings./.
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