Nghe An: Highlights on July 19

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh.

*TPrime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has just signed Document 971/TTg-KGVX dated July 18, 2021 to the Secretaries of Provincial and Municipal Party Committees and Chairmen of People's Committees of provinces and centrally run cities regarding theStatistics of medical staff serving the prevention and control of Covid-19 epidemic.

Accordingly, for Ho Chi Minh City and provinces and cities that are implementing epidemic prevention and control measures according to Directive No. 16/CT-TTg and need support for medical human resources: Synthesize the need for support in terms of doctors, nurses, and technicians to serve epidemic prevention and control in the area.

For the remaining provinces and cities that have not implemented Directive No. 16/CT-TTg: Synthesize the ability to support doctors, nurses, and technicians to serve epidemic prevention and control in other localities across the country...

Taking Covid-19 test samples. Photo: Thanh Cuong

*SJuly 19, information from the Provincial Center for Disease Control, within 12 hours (from 7:00 p.m. July 18 to 7:00 a.m. July 19),Nghe An records 2 new cases positive for Covid-19Both new infections are in Chieu Luu commune, Ky Son district.

The working group of the Department of Health inspected the epidemic prevention and control work at the Khe Tang bridge epidemic prevention checkpoint. Photo: Thanh Cuong

*TIn that context, the working delegation of the Provincial Department of Health led by Dr. Dau Huy Hoan - Deputy Director of the Department of Health worked with the People's Committee of Ky Son district on the prevention and control of Covid-19 epidemic in the area.

According to the report of the Chairman of the People's Committee of Ky Son district, on July 15, the area recorded 2 positive cases of Covid-19 in La Ngan village, Chieu Luu commune. By 7:00 a.m. on July 19, in Ky Son district, there were 6 cases of Covid-19 infection, 91 F1 cases and 211 F2 cases.

Faced with the complicated developments of the Covid-19 epidemic in the area, the leaders of Ky Son district proposed to quarantine Luu Tien village, where 2 cases of SARS-CoV-2 infection were detected;Implement Directive 16 for the entire Chieu Luu commune; implement Directive 15 for 4 communes and towns where F1 cases appeared, including: Bao Thang, Bao Nam, Pha Danh communes and Muong Xen town...

Mr. Tuan - the owner of a restaurant in Vinh City said: Due to being closed for a long time, many tables, chairs, and floors were covered with a thick layer of dust, so I woke up early to go to the restaurant to clean it up, and at the same time contacted the restaurant staff to return to work today. Photo: QA

*LIVEthe opposite state, today isThe first day Vinh City applied Directive 19 of the GovernmentAfter 1 month of implementing Directives 16 and 15, business activities in the city have become bustling again.

Doctors and medical staff of Nghe An Traditional Medicine Hospital before leaving to reinforce Ho Chi Minh City.

*SAfter the Covid-19 epidemic in Nghe An province was tightly controlled, the number of cases decreased. On the morning of July 19, at the Traditional Medicine Hospital, Department of Healthorganized a ceremony to send off a group of 20 volunteer doctors and medical staff to participate in epidemic prevention and control in Ho Chi Minh City. This is the 4th time Nghe An has sent reinforcements to support provinces in epidemic prevention and control and the 2nd timesupport Ho Chi Minh City to prevent and fight Covid-19 epidemic.

People of Pieng Van - Na Chao village (Huoi Cha La resettlement area) petitioned the competent authority to request the investor of Hua Na Hydropower project to completely resolve the issue of compensation and site clearance. Photo: Nhat Lan

*SAfter 2 years, the problems in handling the difference in agricultural land value at the departure and destination locations of the Hua Na Hydropower Project have also been resolved in Document No. 3787/BTNMT-TCQLDD dated July 12, 2021 of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment. This is considered aSolution to the long-standing complex problem at the second largest hydropower project in Nghe An(after Ban Ve Hydropower Plant).

Many border villages are 'thirsty' for electricity. Photo: Van Truong

*CAlso related to the shortcomings in the need for electricity for lighting of people in mountainous areas, according to statistics, currentlyNghe An still has 115 villages and hamlets in remote areas without national grid electricity.People have to use the water in streams and creeks to "produce" electricity for lighting, but the electricity is "unstable" and unstable, many households still have to use flickering oil lamps...