Nghe An has 135 people completing quarantine on April 1

Thanh Duy• March 31, 2020 15:25

(Baonghean.vn) - As of 10:00 a.m. on March 31, Nghe An province is quarantining 5,149 people returning from abroad, of which 4,745 are Nghe An citizens and 404 are from other provinces such as Nam Dinh, Thua Thien Hue, Hung Yen and 2 are foreign citizens.

Comrade Nguyen Duc Trung - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee spoke at the conference. Photo: Thanh Duy

The above information was announced by the Nghe An Provincial Military Command at an online meeting of the province's Covid-19 Prevention and Control Steering Committee with districts, cities and towns on the afternoon of March 31.

On April 1, Nghe An will hold a ceremony to bring the first citizens who have completed centralized quarantine back to their localities. Photo: Thanh Cuong

Comrades: 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; Colonel Nguyen Ngoc Ha - Member of the Provincial Party Committee, Commander of the Provincial Military Command; Duong Dinh Chinh - Member of the Provincial Party Committee, Director of the Department of Health co-chaired the meeting.

Also attending were members of the Provincial Party Standing Committee: Major General Nguyen Huu Cau - Director of the Provincial Police; Vo Thi Minh Sinh - Chairwoman of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of Nghe An province.

Colonel Nguyen Ngoc Ha - Member of the Provincial Party Standing Committee, Commander of the Provincial Military Command spoke at the meeting. Photo: Thanh Duy

The majority of people in quarantine are from Laos, with 4,795 people; from Thailand 348 people, from Cambodia 1 person and from China 1 person.

More than 5,100 people are being quarantined at 5 quarantine points chaired by the Provincial Military Command and 17 quarantine points chaired by the District People's Committee and organized by the District Military Command.

By tomorrow (April 1), the first 135 people will have finished their quarantine period. With the number of citizens returning from abroad as high as in the past few days, Colonel Nguyen Ngoc Ha said that Nghe An is currently taking the initiative in receiving citizens from abroad for quarantine. The province has developed a scenario to ensure the reception of 9,000 people from abroad for quarantine.

Citizens are being quarantined at the Military School of Military Region 4 in Nam Anh commune, Nam Dan district. Photo: Thanh Duy

In addition, the province has developed a detailed plan if there is a need to quarantine 9,000 - 12,000 people or more through requisitioning and blocking off a number of hotels and motels.