F0 in Nghe An was fined 7.5 million VND for refusing to declare having been to Vinh wholesale market

On August 26, Ms. Tran Thi Anh Tuyet - Vice Chairman of Nghi Loc District People's Committee said that she had just issued many decisions to impose administrative penalties for failing to comply with measures to prevent and control infectious diseases as required by competent agencies and organizations.

Among them, there is the case of Nguyen Thi X. (35 years old, Toan Thang hamlet, Nghi Dien commune), who was fined 7.5 million VND. Ms. X. is currently F0, being treated at a field hospital.

This woman is a small trader who often visits Vinh wholesale market to buy goods. According to Ms. Tran Thi Anh Tuyet, on August 13, immediately after receiving information about an infection case at Vinh wholesale market, the Nghi Dien Commune Covid-19 Prevention Steering Committee notified individuals and business households at high risk of Covid-19 infection to come and declare their health.

At the same time, the community tracing team of the hamlet also came to notify and request Ms. X. to declare her health, perform Covid-19 test and quarantine according to regulations. However, Ms. X. did not comply. It was not until August 15 that this trader came to declare her health and complete the procedures according to regulations. The test results later showed that Ms. X. was infected with Covid-19. Not only that, the husband and one of the trader's children also tested positive.

According to Nghi Loc district leaders, many cases have recently been discovered in the area, although they are related to Vinh wholesale market, they did not cooperate and did not declare their health. Among them, many cases later tested positive for Covid-19.

Vinh wholesale market before the pandemic. Photo courtesy

Specifically, in Nghi Thai commune, a 67-year-old man regularly went to Vinh wholesale market to buy fruit and then sell it on the street. When the wholesale market discovered an infected case, the authorities notified him many times but he still did not proactively declare his health. Neighbors came to advise him but he did not listen.

“After that, the commune police had to come to his house twice to ask him to declare and take samples for testing. But it was not until the afternoon of August 16 that he agreed to go to the commune to declare,” said Mr. Nguyen Van Luc - Chairman of Nghi Thai Commune People's Committee. The test results a day later showed that he was infected with Covid-19. Currently, this patient is still being treated, and the authorities have not taken any action.

In Nghe An, in recent days, there have been consecutive cases of small traders related to wholesale markets who have not made medical declarations or have made declarations but have not complied with the local government's home quarantine regulations, causing a very high risk of spreading to the community.

Related to thoseThe cases are traders in Do Luong district,Hung Nguyen did not comply with regulations and has so far spread the disease to many people. Specifically, a small trader couple in Yen Son commune (Do Luong) violated the home quarantine regulations and has so far infected their two children. Similarly, the case is a small trader in Hung My (Hung Nguyen), who refused to declare his health status and so far both the husband and a child have tested positive for Covid-19.