Director of Nghe An Department of Health proposed strict management of people going to and from each village, hamlet, block, and neighborhood.

This is the information given by Associate Professor, Dr. Duong Dinh Chinh - Director of Nghe An Department of Health at the online meeting on the afternoon of August 10 of the Steering Committee for Covid-19 Prevention and Control of Nghe An province to listen to and give opinions on the work of preventing and controlling Covid-19 epidemic in the past time, and deploy a number of tasks and solutions in the coming time.

Comrades: Thai Thanh Quy - Member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Head of the National Assembly Delegation of Nghe An province, Chairman of the People's Council of Nghe An province; Nguyen Duc Trung - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee, Head of the Provincial Steering Committee for Covid-19 Prevention and Control; Bui Dinh Long - Member of the Provincial Party 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 co-chaired the meeting. Photo: Thanh Duy

The head of Nghe An Health Department said: Regarding the old outbreak in the province such as Vinh City and the districts of Tuong Duong, Ky Son, Yen Thanh, it has now been basically controlled, new cases have been isolated and monitored promptly. The outbreak in Quynh Luu district has shown signs of stabilizing, all newly recorded cases have been isolated in advance.

However, the number of cases in concentrated quarantine areas is still increasing, posing a risk of cross-infection in quarantine areas and spreading the disease to the community if management is not done well.

Nghe An is a large area with many traffic connections. Recently, many provinces and cities across the country have simultaneously experienced complicated outbreaks, concentrated in the southern provinces.

People returning from localities across the country are numerous, a large number of them returning by road, spontaneously and without timely management. The number of positive cases among citizens returning from epidemic areas is increasing, posing many potential risks of disease outbreaks in the community.

In the past 14 days, Nghe An province has recorded over 11,000 cases returning from epidemic areas across the country, of which over 9,000 cases returned from the southern provinces (returning from Ho Chi Minh City is 3,770 (1,492 cases returned with support from the province); Binh Duong is 4,114..., in addition, the number of citizens returning from Hanoi is 822 citizens.

Regarding cases from the southern provinces to Nghe An since the beginning of the epidemic season, 141 cases have been recorded.

Director of Nghe An Department of Health Duong Dinh Chinh commented: Although the internal outbreaks in the province have been basically controlled, however, with the complicated developments of the epidemic in the country and the world, Nghe An still has many unpredictable factors, the risk of an outbreak in the province is very high.

Associate Professor, Dr. Duong Dinh Chinh - Director of Nghe An Department of Health, Deputy Head of the Steering Committee for Covid-19 Prevention and Control of Nghe An province spoke at the meeting. Photo: Thanh Duy

In the coming time, he requested the Steering Committees of districts, cities and towns to continue to adhere to the Government's direction and strategy for epidemic prevention and control, instructions from ministries, branches and directions from the Provincial Steering Committee.

In which, we continue to thoroughly grasp the spirit of "fighting the epidemic like fighting the enemy", the "5K + Vaccine" strategy for individuals, Covid safety for production and business establishments and strict and widespread application of technology.

Unify the leadership and direction mechanism throughout, the participation of the entire political system, the responsibility of the heads of Party committees and authorities, and close coordination between sectors; ensure compliance with professional requirements for epidemic prevention while stabilizing people's lives, social stability, security and order in the area, and not causing more disruption than necessary to production and business activities and people's lives.

In particular, comrade Duong Dinh Chinh suggested: Develop and update anti-epidemic scenarios for the worst epidemic situations in the area with the viewpoint of "Fighting the epidemic like fighting the enemy" to be ready to respond quickly and promptly, not letting the epidemic spread widely in the area.

Along with that, promote the implementation of the "4 on-site" motto, especially focusing on investigation and tracing work; select and arrange suitable centralized quarantine locations, both scientifically and ensuring the arrangement and management of centralized quarantine areas to minimize cross-infection in quarantine areas; make appropriate social distancing decisions; proactively arrange resources and materials for the worst-case scenario in the area.

On the other hand, Associate Professor, Dr. Duong Dinh Chinh proposed to strengthen the management of people returning from provinces and cities across the country. It is required to strictly manage people going to and from each village, hamlet, block, and hamlet to control the epidemic from within and the risk of infection from outside.

Maximize the role of the people's strength, especially the community Covid Teams, proactively grasp the citizens in the area who are currently living and working in localities where Covid-19 infections are being recorded in the community. Closely monitor and manage people returning to the locality from epidemic areas, social isolation areas, and social distancing areas..

Strengthen inspection and supervision work, clearly assign responsibilities and areas of responsibility to each member of the Steering Committee in directing the prevention of Covid-19 epidemic in the community, medical facilities, and quarantine facilities. Require compliance with Covid-19 epidemic prevention regulations of units, production and business establishments and people in the area.

Urgently establish a Steering Committee for the implementation of the Covid-19 vaccination campaign at the district level and develop a plan to implement the Covid-19 vaccination campaign for the period 2021-2022 in the area. Ready to deploy as soon as there is allocation from the Ministry of Health and the Provincial People's Committee.

Direct units and localities to strengthen communication work, continuously in many forms and multimedia to raise people's awareness, launch a movement for the whole people to participate in epidemic prevention in all residential areas, and deploy activities strongly, practically and effectively.