Nghe An issues urgent dispatch on Covid-19 prevention and control

Comrade Nguyen Duc Trung - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee highly appreciated the positivity, proactiveness and timeliness of the members of the Steering Committee, departments, branches, and localities in the work of epidemic prevention and control. However, the epidemic will continue to develop complicatedly, the Provincial People's Committee requested to further strengthen the close coordination between departments, branches, branches, units and localities in implementing the assigned tasks in Plan No. 59/KH-UBND dated February 3, 2020 of the Provincial People's Committee, Conclusion Notice No. 70/TB-UBND dated February 10, 2020 and Notice No. 130/TB-UBND dated March 6, 2020 of the Provincial People's Committee.

Quarantine points in Nghe An are receiving hundreds of people returning from Laos and Thailand. Photo: Thanh Cuong

In the coming time, the Provincial People's Committee assigns:

a) Department of Health

The Standing Office of the Steering Committee shall guide units to implement quarantine work according to the provisions of Decision No. 878/QD-BYT dated March 12, 2020 of the Ministry of Health; Decision No. 879/QD-BYT dated March 12, 2020 of the Ministry of Health; Decision No. 1246/QD-BYT dated March 20, 2020 of the Ministry of Health and related professional documents. Implement a 24/24-hour on-call regime to ensure medical work according to regulations at centralized quarantine facilities. Ensure adequate medical equipment, protective gear, and disinfectants for epidemic prevention and control in the province.

Organize the implementation of disinfection, sterilization, and environmental sanitation at centralized quarantine facilities according to regulations. Strengthen the inspection and supervision of the implementation of regulations on quarantine organization and food safety; Promptly advise the Provincial Steering Committee on arising issues and problems for consideration and resolution. Report daily developments of the epidemic situation to promptly advise the Provincial Party Committee, the Provincial People's Committee, and the Steering Committee for Covid-19 Prevention and Control of Nghe An province on epidemic prevention and control measures.

b) Provincial Military Command

Preside over and coordinate with the Department of Health and relevant departments, branches and sectors to review and amend Decision No. 580/KH-BCH dated February 6, 2020 of the Provincial Military Command approving the Plan to receive Vietnamese citizens from China and other countries with the epidemic to Nghe An province into the Plan of the Provincial People's Committee on "Receiving and medically quarantining Vietnamese citizens from countries and territories with the Covid-19 epidemic returning to the province in the new situation", seek opinions from some members of the Provincial Steering Committee, complete and submit to the Provincial People's Committee before March 25, 2020.

Preside and coordinate with the People's Committees of Ky Son and Tuong Duong districts to urgently review facilities, develop estimates for facility repairs and purchase essential items to serve citizens in quarantine along National Highway 7A.

Responsible for organizing quarantine; Ensuring conditions for facilities, reception, meals, accommodation and living at quarantine facilities managed by the Provincial Military Command. Preside over and coordinate with the Department of Transport, Provincial Police, Provincial Border Guard Command and relevant units to arrange means of transport and pick up all entrants through border gates in the province, Vinh airport, and areas where citizens return to the provincial centralized quarantine area. For those who have completed the quarantine period, arrange means of transport to transport quarantined people from the quarantine facility to the wharf or bus station to return to the locality.

For those in quarantine, when it is necessary to reduce traffic to avoid overload at provincial quarantine facilities, arrange vehicles to transport citizens back to their localities to continue to quarantine for the full 14 days.

- When transferring a quarantined person to another locality to continue quarantine, or when a quarantined person has completed the required quarantine period, the local authorities of the place where the quarantined person is transferred must be notified; at the same time, a certificate of quarantine period must be issued to the citizen according to regulations.

- Develop a plan to be ready to mobilize military forces to participate in disease prevention and control activities at centralized quarantine areas in the province.

c) Provincial Border Guard Command

Preside over the reception of citizens returning from border gates, Vinh airport, and seaports; coordinate with the border guards of Ha Tinh province to develop a plan to coordinate the reception of citizens for quarantine at centralized quarantine facilities in the province. Coordinate with the Provincial Military Command, People's Committees of districts, cities, and towns to organize the reception and transportation of citizens from border gates to centralized quarantine facilities.

d) Provincial Police

Direct the police of districts, towns and cities to coordinate with the People's Committees of the same level to continue to organize the screening of citizens returning from epidemic areas in the locality to make medical declarations and carry out quarantine according to regulations. Be responsible for ensuring the safe transportation of citizens from Nam Can Border Gate, Vinh International Airport, seaports to centralized quarantine facilities and between quarantine facilities.

d) Department of Tourism

Implement health declaration for tourists according to the direction of the Ministry of Health; Preside and coordinate with relevant units to prepare and organize a number of paid quarantine facilities at hotels and accommodation establishments in the province.

e) Department of Finance

Based on the proposals of the units and the actual needs in the area, advise the Provincial People's Committee to promptly arrange funds to serve the work of preventing and fighting the Covid-19 epidemic; Consider and guide the application to provide funding for food regimes for citizens during the quarantine period according to infantry standards in the army; Advise on funding for purchasing equipment for Covid-19 testing; Support funding for repairing facilities, purchasing essential equipment, at centralized quarantine points in Ky Son, Tuong Duong districts and other areas when requested by the Provincial People's Committee.

h) People's Committees of districts, cities and towns

Actively review and manage citizens in the area who work and live abroad when returning to the locality to ensure safety in epidemic prevention and control; Urgently develop a plan to expand centralized quarantine facilities in the area (called district-level quarantine facilities), ensuring conditions for facilities, reception, meals, accommodation, and living at quarantine facilities managed by the locality; Coordinate with the Provincial Military Command and relevant units to organize the reception of citizens for quarantine in the locality according to regulations; Strengthen inspection and supervision of medical quarantine at home and places of residence in accordance with the regulations of the Ministry of Health in Decision No. 879/QD-BYT dated March 12, 2020.

When a quarantined person has completed the prescribed quarantine period, notify the local authorities of the quarantined person's place of residence; at the same time, issue a quarantine completion certificate to the citizen.

i) Provincial Fatherland Front Committee

Calling on organizations, businesses, individuals in the province and the whole country, Nghe An people nationwide and abroad to contribute to the prevention and control of Covid-19 epidemic in the province; Consider establishing a committee to mobilize and receive sponsorship from charitable organizations and individuals.

k) Members of the Provincial Steering Committee

Proactively organize working groups (led by a member of the Provincial Steering Committee, 1 secretary and medical professionals) to inspect and supervise.and direct the work of preventing and fighting the Covid-19 epidemic in assigned areas...