Resolutely handle F1 cases that avoid quarantine and make false declarations

On the morning of August 18, Major General Pham The Tung - Member of the Provincial Party Committee, Director of the Provincial Police Department had a working session with Vinh City Police to direct a number of urgent tasks and solutions in the prevention of the Covid-19 epidemic.

Lieutenant Colonel Nguyen Duc Cuong, Chief of Vinh City Police, reported on the results of epidemic prevention at the meeting. Photo: Duc Vu

Reporting on the situation and results of Covid-19 epidemic prevention and control in Vinh city, the leader of Vinh city police said that after the first outbreak (from June 13, 2021) was controlled, on August 14, 2021, Vinh city continued to have the first case of the second outbreak related to the wholesale market in Hong Son ward. From here, in the following days, the city continued to have many cases of infection, up to now there have been 127 F0 cases in 08 wards and 04 communes of Vinh city. In the face of the very complicated epidemic situation, the city police have organized 100% of the staff to focus on epidemic prevention and control tasks.

Up to now, the City Police's tracing team has traced 657F1, 1,135F2, 2,427 cases related to the wholesale market; 1,010 cases related to Quang Trung market. 06 markets have been locked down, including: Wholesale market, Quang Trung market, Ben Thuy market, Quyet market, Nghi An market and Mai Dau market.

From 0:00 on August 17, 2021, the City Police have established 14 Covid-19 prevention and control checkpoints at main gateways and 29 secondary checkpoints with more than 200 officers and soldiers, of which the Provincial Police have reinforced 44 comrades. The City Police have established 05 mobile epidemic prevention and control teams to inspect and handle vehicles and individuals traveling in the city without essential reasons.

Vinh City Police will punish those who go out unnecessarily. Photo: Duc Vu

From August 17 to present, 39 cases have been handled, with a fine of more than 70 million VND for violating Directive 16, 01 case has been handled.giveThe person who "passed through" the epidemic control checkpoint into Vinh CityIn the process of carrying out the task of epidemic prevention, the City Police also encountered some difficulties, that is, when tracing many F1 cases, due to the fear of spending money and cross-infection in quarantine, they made false declarations; protective equipment for officers and soldiers on tracing duty in the quarantine area was not guaranteed, posing many potential risks of infection.

The City Police also proposed that the Provincial Police discuss with the Department of Health to direct the health sector to coordinate with the City Police to trace and isolate related F1s immediately when there are suspected cases of infection (positive rapid test results), without waiting for the PCR test results and announcement from the Department of Health.

Concluding the meeting, Major General Pham The Tung, Director of the Provincial Police Department, commended the efforts of Vinh City Police in effectively implementing measures to prevent and control the Covid-19 epidemic from the first outbreak to this outbreak.

However, this outbreak is more complicated, the rate of spread is faster, the incubation period in the community is longer, so the risk of infection is very high, so the responsibility and role of the police force is very large and heavy. The Director requested the city police to concentrate maximum force and time to carry out epidemic prevention work. In the work of ensuring security and order, the provincial police will direct professional departments to support and accompany the city police.

To ensure the safety of officers and soldiers when performing the task of tracing the epidemic, the Director requested that rapid testing be performed once every 3 days. For F1 cases who avoid quarantine, administrative penalties will be strictly imposed, even criminal prosecution when there is sufficient evidence, and at the same time, penalties will be imposed on cases of going out and participating in traffic when not really necessary.

The Provincial Police Director inspects and encourages officers and soldiers on duty at the epidemic control checkpoint in the Ben Thuy 2 bridge area. Photo: Duc Vu

The epidemic is forecast to be complicated and prolonged, so the City Police must regularly do a good job of ideological work, encouragement, and ensuring the health of officers and soldiers, especially those working in tracing.

Also on the morning of August 18, Major General Pham The Tung, Director of the Provincial Police Department, inspected and encouraged officers on duty at the checkpoint in the Ben Thuy 2 bridge area.