Nghe An: Highlights on August 19

Nguyen Nguyen - Huu Quan DNUM_BJZAIZCACB 20:50

(Baonghean.vn) - The provincial Covid-19 prevention and control steering committee met to discuss Covid-19 prevention and control work; From 6:00 p.m. on August 18 to 6:00 p.m. on August 19, Nghe An recorded 61 new positive cases of Covid-19; Nghe An Department of Health issued urgent notice No. 73 on locations related to Covid-19 patients; administrative sanctions for violations of Directive 16... are the highlights of August 19.

*COn the afternoon of August 19, the Standing Committee of the Provincial Steering Committee for Covid-19 Prevention and Control met to listen to and give opinions on the work of Covid-19 prevention and control in the past time and to deploy tasks and solutions in the coming time. The meeting was held online at 21 connecting points in districts, cities and towns.

Emphasizing that the province's viewpoint on Covid-19 prevention and control at this time is one level higher and one step earlier, Provincial Party Secretary Thai Thanh Quy supports the measure,Apply Directive 16 in 14 localitiesto prevent disease from entering the area and apply Directive 15 to the remaining areas.

Concluding the meeting, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Nguyen Duc Trung said that, through analysis and assessment, Nghe An province is at a very high risk of the Covid-19 epidemic. Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Nguyen Duc Trung requested that localities implementing Directive 16 and Directive 15 must maintain the principle of strict management both inside and outside. For localities implementing Directive 16, people are required to stay where they are, except in cases where the authorities allow them to go out, to ensure priority for epidemic prevention and control tasks.

Overview of the meeting of the Standing Committee of the Steering Committee for Covid-19 Prevention and Control. Photo: Pham Bang

*TPreviously, on the morning of August 19, Dr. Nguyen Van Dinh - Director of the Center for Disease Control (CDC) Nghe An informed: From 6:00 p.m. on August 18 to 6:00 a.m. on August 19, Nghe An recorded44 new positive cases of Covid-19.

On the same afternoon, Nghe An Center for Disease Control (CDC) informed: In the past 12 hours (from 6:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. on August 19),Nghe An17 new positive cases recordedCovid-19.

Conduct community sampling to find F0 cases. Photo: Thanh Chung

*COn the afternoon of August 19, Nghe An Department of Health issued Urgent Notice No. 73 about the location related to the Covid-19 patient. The notice content shows that another patient has just been recorded.been to Big C Vinh supermarket, located at 2 Tran Phu Street.

Nghe An Department of Health is continuously looking for people who came to Big C Vinh supermarket. Photo: TH

At the same time, Nghe An Department of Health issued a document on reviewing and making a list of people who have been to/returned from Vietnam - Korea Industrial Technical College (Vietnam - Korea College) to implement epidemic prevention measures. This move took place in the context of Yen Thanh district discovering2 students of this college infected with Covid-19.

*TIn related developments, the owner of a karaoke bar (in Nghi An commune, Vinh city) who was previously fined by authorities for operating illegally was recently discovered to have Covid-19, and theninfected 4 employeesmine

Blockade in Nghi An commune, Vinh city. Photo: PV

*SOn August 19, Cau Giat town police, Quynh Luu district, said: The task force had justadministrative penaltyTwo men violated Directive 16 by training fighting cocks.

Two cockfighting suspects were caught red-handed. Photo: CSCC

*Xdetermined, the outbreak at the market is very complicated, spreading widely, breaking out quickly, therefore,epidemic prevention work in traditional marketsis being strengthened, tightened, raised to a higher level.

Markets in Vinh city only open the main gate, with strict blockades arranged by forces. Photo: Thanh Phuc

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