Social distancing in Nam Dan district according to Directive 15 from 0:00 on August 18

On the afternoon of August 17, the Steering Committee for Epidemic Prevention and ControlCovid-19Nghe An province had a working session with Nam Dan district. The meeting content was related to solutions to prevent and control the Covid-19 epidemic in the area.

Comrades: Duong Dinh Chinh - Deputy Head of the Provincial Steering Committee for Covid-19 Prevention and Control, Director of Nghe An Department of Health; Nguyen Thi Hong Hoa - Secretary of Nam Dan District Party Committee chaired the meeting.

Also attending were representatives of the Provincial Steering Committee for Covid-19 Prevention and Control; Department of Health; Provincial Center for Disease Control; and Steering Committee for Covid-19 Prevention and Control of Nam Dan district.

Chairman of Nam Dan District People's Committee reports on the epidemic situation in the area. Photo: Thanh Chung

Initially, Nam Dan district has traced and found 71 F1 cases (in the last 5 days), quarantined and collected samples. The district has locked down half of Hong Son hamlet (Xuan Hoa commune), suspended Xuan Hoa market, socially isolated the entire Xuan Hoa commune; locked down 19 households and socially isolated the entire Quang Thai hamlet, Trung Phuc Cuong commune; stopped Sao market - Nam Giang commune, Cau market - Kim Lien commune to prevent and control the epidemic... The district has organized inter-commune quarantine areas, chaired by the district; ready to receive people for quarantine to prevent and control the epidemic.

Nam Dan district is located near Vinh city - where the Covid-19 epidemic is very complicated; many people in the district have close connections with the Vinh wholesale market epidemic; there is a road connecting with Ha Tinh province; infected cases have a travel itinerary to many places in the district... The Steering Committee for Covid-19 Prevention and Control of Nam Dan district proposed to be implemented.social distancingaccording to Directive 15 to prevent and control Covid-19 epidemic.

The Steering Committee for Covid-19 Prevention and Control of Nghe An province agreed to the proposal to implement social distancing in Nam Dan district. Photo: Thanh Chung

Nam Dan district continues to arrange centralized quarantine areas to ensure safety, strictly manage quarantine areas, and avoid cross-infection. Nam Dan district also proactively decides and implements appropriate isolation and quarantine solutions for each area according to the principle of "wide isolation, narrow isolation"; promotes communication work on Covid-19; does a good job of monitoring population fluctuations; and promotes the effectiveness of the Community Covid-19 Team.

The Deputy Head of the Steering Committee for Covid-19 Prevention and Control of Nghe An province agreed with the proposal of Nam Dan district to implement social distancing according to Directive 15 in the entire district to prevent and control the epidemic. The implementation time starts from 0:00 on August 18, 2021./.