Nghe An: Risk of Covid-19 entering and spreading from illegal bus stops.
(Baonghean.vn) - Currently, in addition to the risk of Covid-19 entering Nghe An from passenger buses disregarding the ban on picking up people returning from epidemic areas, the risk of the epidemic also comes from the spontaneous "illegal bus stops" along National Highway 1A.
| The risk of Covid-19 entering the country through unauthorized bus stops. Video: Thanh Cuong |
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In the days leading up to the Lunar New Year, people's travel needs increase. Sadly, this is happening in the context of the pandemic.Covid-19Quite a few passengers did not go to bus stations – where the pandemic is well controlled – to buy tickets and declare their travel plans, but instead went out onto the highway to catch a bus. Photo: Thanh Cuong |
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| On the Vinh city bypass (National Highway 1A), at the intersection with the Lam River embankment, before Ben Thuy II Bridge, an unauthorized "makeshift bus stop" has long been established. Buses drop off passengers right here, and passengers frequently come here to catch a ride. Given the risk of the pandemic...Covid-19With the spread of the virus, makeshift "illegal bus stops" continue to operate as usual. Photo: Thanh Cuong |
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Besides passengers, many local residents also came here to use North-South passenger buses to transport goods. This goods delivery and receipt creates close contact, posing a risk of infection.Covid-19The delivery personnel themselves seem unaware of this risk. Photo: Thanh Cuong |
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Alongside these makeshift bus stops are the activities of those providing transportation services, picking up and dropping off passengers within the city and provinces. Driven by the need to earn a living, many motorbike taxi and regular taxi drivers have ignored the risks of Covid-19. (Photo: Thanh Cuong) |
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In a worst-case scenario, if passengers infected with Covid-19 disembark at these illegal bus stops, the risk of disease spread is unpredictable, and tracing F1 and F2 contacts becomes extremely difficult. Photo: Thanh Cuong |
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On the night of January 30th, reporters from Nghe An Newspaper observed several passengers behaving "strangely" as they disembarked from North-South buses, then waited at makeshift bus stops and boarded buses with Nghe An license plates to continue their journey to southern provinces and cities. (Photo: Thanh Cuong) |
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These are passengers from northern provinces who deliberately stop at makeshift bus stops and then hitch a ride on vehicles with Nghe An license plates (a province that has not yet recorded any Covid-19 infections) so that they don't have to quarantine upon arriving in their localities... Photo: Thanh Cuong |
