Ky Son: 1 village quarantined, 5 communes implementing social distancing according to Directive 15

Thanh Cuong• July 19, 2021 21:10

(Baonghean.vn) - Establish a medical quarantine area in Luu Tien village, Chieu Luu commune (Ky Son) and implement social distancing according to Directive 15 for 4 communes with F1 cases and 1 border commune to prevent and control the Covid-19 epidemic.

The People's Committee of Nghe An province has just issued Decision No. 2498/QD-UBND, establishing a medical quarantine area to prevent and control the Covid-19 epidemic for Luu Tien village, Chieu Luu commune, Ky Son district.

Accordingly, the Chairman of the People's Committee of Nghe An province decided to establish a medical quarantine area according to Decision No. 3968/QD-BYT dated September 16, 2020 of the Ministry of Health on promulgating "Guidelines for organizing medical quarantine in Covid-19 epidemic areas" for the area of Luu Tien village, Chieu Luu commune, Ky Son district, Nghe An province.

Chốt phòng, chống dịch Covid bản La Ngan xã Hữu Kiệm. Ảnh: Thành Cường

Covid-19 prevention and control checkpoint in La Ngan village. Photo: Thanh Cuong

On the same day, Chairman of the District People's CommitteeKy Sonissued Decision 284/QD-UBND on establishing social distancing areas to prevent and control epidemicsCovid-19For 4 communes in Ky Son district, F1 appeared and 1 commune in the border area.

Accordingly, the Chairman of the People's Committee of Ky Son district decided to establish a social distancing zone according to Directive No. 15/CT-TTg dated March 27, 2020 of the Prime Minister on drastically implementing the peak period of Covid-19 prevention and control for the communes of Pha Danh, Nam Can, Bao Nam, Bao Thang and Muong Xen town, Ky Son district. Time of application: Starting from 00:00 on July 20, 2021 until a decision is made to remove it.

Previously, on July 17, Ky Son district recorded the first two cases of Covid-19 in the area. That was the case of a mother-in-law and daughter-in-law in La Ngan village, Chieu Luu commune. Both were F1 of a patient in Cham Puong village (Luong Minh commune, Tuong Duong), and were quarantined from July 16. On the 18th and 19th, this mountainous district continued to detect four more cases of Covid-19 in Luu Tien and La Ngan villages, Chieu Luu commune, bringing the number of cases in Ky Son district to six. Accordingly, the authorities have traced 91 F1 and 211 F2 related cases. 84 people were quarantined and 1,128 samples were taken for testing. On the evening of July 19, through RT - PCR testing, 436 samples in Luu Tien village, of which 410 community samples and 26 F1 samples all had negative results.