Nghe An: Highlights on August 10

*COn the afternoon of August 10, the Standing Committee of the Steering Committee for Covid-19 Prevention and Control of Nghe An province held an online meeting with 21 districts, cities and towns to listen and give opinions onCovid-19 epidemic prevention and control work.

Speaking at the meeting, agreeing with the assessment that Nghe An is basically controlling the epidemic well, on behalf of the Provincial Party Standing Committee, Comrade Thai Thanh Quy - Member of the Party Central Committee, Provincial Party Secretary, Head of the Provincial National Assembly Delegation, Chairman of the Provincial People's Council highly appreciated the efforts of the entire political system and the people of the province in the past time, joining hands and determined to fight the epidemic. Based on the analysis of the context and situation, in the coming time, the head of the Provincial Party Committee requested that the work of preventing and fighting the Covid-19 epidemic must be implemented with "2 fights" and 3 "builds".

Provincial Party Secretary Thai Thanh Quy gave a speech at the meeting. Photo: Thanh Duy

Concluding the meeting, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Nguyen Duc Trung - Head of the Provincial Steering Committee for Covid-19 Prevention and Control requested all levels, sectors and localities to continue to resolutely and synchronously implement the directions of the Central Government, the Government, the Prime Minister, the National Steering Committee, and the Provincial Steering Committee in the process of implementing the epidemic prevention and control work in the past time. The Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee also emphasized that, at present, the general spirit in the whole country as well as in Nghe An is to still carry out the "dual goal", but it is necessary to prioritize and focus on the prevention and control of the Covid-19 epidemic.

*SOn the morning of August 10, the Military Region 4 Exercise Steering Committee conducted an inspection of the work.prepare for defense zone drillsNghe An province in 2021. The functional forces in the province launched a competition to successfully complete the exercise task; The Provincial Defense Area Exercise Steering Committee organized an inspection of the preparation work for the defense area exercise in 5 districts and Cua Lo town.

Working session scene. Photo: Trong Kien

*HCurrently, the Covid-19 epidemic continues to develop complicatedly. To ensure effective epidemic prevention and control, Nghe An province's leaders require strict and resolute handling of violations of Covid-19 epidemic prevention and control regulations. Information from the Hung Loc commune government, Vinh city said that on the evening of August 9, the locality hasadministrative penalty recordfor 5 young men who violated regulations on epidemic prevention. Specifically, these 5 young men went to the lake at 10 pm on August 9 to eat and drink, even though the government had previously banned it.

5 young men gathered at the lake on the evening of August 9. Photo: PV

*CAlso related to the lake but the water source hereis heavily polluted. The lake water was pitch black, and fish died en masse on the afternoon of August 9. The regulating lake is the largest reservoir in Vinh city with a land area of ​​53 hectares and a water surface area of ​​40 hectares, located at the end of the North canal, in the low-lying area bordering Hung Loc commune, Hung Hoa commune and Hung Dung ward.

The area with the most dead fish is at the foot of the drainage dam with hundreds of fish. Photo: Quang An

*LIVEIn other developments, in recent days, the extremely hot weather combined with the hot, dry Lao wind has caused many tea areas in Thanh Chuong to quickly dry up and turn yellow. Many tea growers in Thanh Chuong are struggling to"save" tea from burning to deathSometimes we have to water the tea plants several times a day because they can't stand the scorching sun.

A scorched tea hill of households in Ngoc Lam Tea Enterprise, Thanh Thuy Commune. Photo: Huy Thu