'Intercepting' to quarantine male student who escaped from Quang Ninh to Nghe An to celebrate Tet

On the afternoon of February 8, Mr. Nguyen Thanh Tung - Director of Yen Thanh District Medical Center said that the authorities had contacted a male trainee of Dong Bac Corporation who had escaped from Quang Ninh to his hometown in Nghe An to celebrate Tet.

"This person is currently on his way home. We have persuaded him and he has cooperated. When he arrives in Yen Thanh, he will be immediately taken to a centralized quarantine facility. We have also told the bus company that he will go straight to the commune health station and will not be allowed to return home. He is expected to arrive in his hometown tonight and will be tested for Covid-19," said Mr. Tung.

Previously, Company 790 (under Dong Bac Corporation) sent a document to Yen Thanh district regarding employees not complying with Covid-19 epidemic prevention measures and arbitrarily leaving the unit to return to their locality.

The document stated that, in the face of the complicated developments of Covid-19, Company 790 has organized for all officers, employees, and workers to work, eat, live, and rest at the agency and unit. Currently, in the unit, there are F1 cases being quarantined at the field hospital, and a number of F2 - F4 cases being quarantined at the unit. However, on February 8, a 33-year-old male trainee from Cong Thanh commune (Yen Thanh district) did not comply with the requirements on Covid-19 epidemic prevention and control, escaped from the unit to the locality, potentially posing a risk of spreading Covid-19....

The male trainee will be quarantined as soon as he returns to Nghe An. Illustrative photo.

From January 28 to the afternoon of February 7, Quang Ninh recorded 47 Covid-19 patients. The province has locked down 14 communes and wards of Dong Trieu town and Cai Bau island in Van Don district. In addition, Ha Long city, Cam Pha city, and Uong Bi city also have locked down areas related to Covid-19 cases.

On the evening of February 7, the People's Committee of Quang Ninh province issuedurgent dispatchon adjusting the plan to organize transportation activities to serve Covid-19 prevention and control in the area.

In particular, the Vietnam National Coal - Mineral Industries Group, Dong Bac Corporation, business owners in industrial parks, heads of units in the area are assigned to mobilize cadres, civil servants, public employees, workers, and laborers with the goal of serving the community in epidemic prevention and control work to feel secure to stay and celebrate Tet in Quang Ninh.
Those who want to leave Quang Ninh must have permission from the head of the unit; make a medical declaration and have a negative nCoV test result announced by a competent medical facility before leaving the province; after returning to Quang Ninh, they must be specifically examined and confirmed by the province's medical facilities before being allowed to join the community and work at the unit in the area.