Nghe An: Highlights on October 16

*SOn the morning of October 16, Nghe An Center for Disease Control (CDC) informed: In the past 12 hours (From 6:00 p.m. on October 15 to 6:00 a.m. on October 16), Nghe Anrecorded 8 new positive caseswith Covid-19 in 5 localities (Nghi Loc: 4, Con Cuong: 1, Anh Son: 1, Yen Thanh: 1, Nam Dan: 1). All patients (BN) came from the southern provinces and had been quarantined in advance.

Since the beginning of the epidemic, the province has recorded 2,003 Covid-19 patients in 21 localities. The cumulative number of patients who have recovered and been discharged from the hospital: 1,841 people; the number of deaths: 19; the number of patients currently being treated: 143.

Citizens returning from southern provinces and cities. Photo: Thanh Cuong

*SAfter detecting the first case of Covid-19 infection in the community in Thanh Chuong town, the Steering Committee for Covid-19 Prevention and Control of Thanh Chuong district immediately directedtracing, testingfor nearly 1,000 people.

These are people who were present at the places that NTC patients had recently visited. In addition to the 2 close contacts, there were 568 people, including all patients, patients' relatives, medical staff, doctors, and staff of Thanh Chuong General Hospital and 337 people related to the vaccination site at the Thanh Chuong Town People's Committee headquarters on the afternoon of October 8, 2021.

Testing for people in Thanh Chuong town. Photo: T.D

*TInformation from the Hung Loc commune government (Vinh city) said that on the evening of October 15, in the areanew cases of Covid-19 infection appeared, is F1 converted to F0.

The commune has blocked off the patient's residential area at Lane 22, Bui Huy Bich Street with a total of 15 households and 50 people. The locality has also sprayed disinfectants and collected samples for testing from households in the area.

Blocked area in Hung Loc commune (Vinh city). Photo: PV

*DDue to the impact of storm No. 8, in recent days, there has been heavy rain in Con Cuong district, the road section passing Cho slope on National Highway 7, in Lang Khe commune (Con Cuong).landslides and rockslides occurred continuously.

Con Cuong district mobilized 2 excavators to level the soil and rocks on this road. Photo: Bao Han

*TThe Government Inspectorate issued Circular 04/2021/TT-TTCPregulations on citizen reception proceduresThe Circular clearly states that the purpose of receiving citizens is to guide citizens in exercising their rights to complain, denounce, make recommendations, and reflect in accordance with legal regulations, contributing to the dissemination and popularization of the law.

The purpose of citizen reception is to guide citizens in exercising their rights to complain, denounce, petition, and reflect in accordance with legal regulations.

*2Nghe An women's project wasreceived the award "Women's Entrepreneurship Day 2021". These are the Projects: "Producing and processing tofu on modern production lines" and "Enhancing the value of herring - Towards building an OCOP brand for Quynh Phuong herring sausage products".

Awarding Ms. Bui Thi Hien Luong for the project "Enhancing the value of herring - Towards building an OCOP brand for Quynh Phuong herring sausage products". Photo: Vuong Giang

*COn the afternoon of October 16, the final round took place in Hanoi.English Olympic competitionNational Young Cadres 2021. In the final results, the Organizing Committee awarded 1 first prize, 1 second prize, 1 third prize and 2 consolation prizes to the participating teams. In which, the team of Vo Thi Thu Giang - Reporter of Nghe An Newspaper together with Ha Hong Ngoc - Dong Hoi City Youth Union, Quang Binh Province and Hoang Thi Linh Chi - People's Police Academy excellently won the first prize overall.

Awarding First Prize at the 2021 National Young Cadres English Olympic Competition. Screenshot of the competition.