Nghe An: Highlights of May 21st
(Baonghean.vn) - Voters in 4 mountainous districts of Nghe An province cast their ballots early; Nghe An farmers are delighted with the high price of spring rice; A family in close contact with a Covid-19 patient is being urgently quarantined; A "Covid hotspot" commune in Nghe An lifts lockdown order… These are some of the prominent news items on May 21st.
*NOn May 21st, voters in the mountainous districts of Nghe An province, namely Ky Son, Tuong Duong, Que Phong, and Con Cuong, cast their ballots early at 207 polling stations, accounting for 6.05% of the total polling areas in the province. In Con Cuong district,thousands of voters in Tra Lan areaEager to cast their votes; Que Phong has nearly 4,000 voters.participate in early voting.in 10 areas classified as particularly disadvantaged; in Ky Son there areover 30,000 voters in 16 border communesParticipate in early voting; meanwhile, Tuong DuongEarly voting is being held in 30 areas.This includes the communes of Nhon Mai, Mai Son, Huu Khuong, and Luong Minh, with the participation of nearly 5,100 voters.
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| A view of the early voting area in Muong Long village, Tri Le commune. Photo: Quang An |
*VThis spring of 2021, farmers in Nghe An are delighted becauseThe rice harvest is bountiful, and prices are high.and easy to sell. These days, farmers are actively working in the fields, harvesting and speeding up land preparation for the summer-autumn crop…
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| Traders use combine harvesters to buy fresh rice directly from the fields, saving farmers the trouble of drying it and reducing transportation costs. Photo: Thanh Phuc |
*SOn May 21st, Mr. Ho Sy Duong, Director of the Hoang Mai Town Medical Center, stated that medical staff are urgently conducting epidemiological investigations.Find people who have been in contact with a family classified as F1.Within the area. This family is a close contact (F1) of a Covid-19 patient in Dien Bien province, awaiting confirmation from the Ministry of Health.
Meanwhile, the Southwest Nghe An Regional General Hospital announced that it has just received the Covid-19 test results for a deceased patient with epidemiological links to Bac Ninh, a Covid-19 affected area. The results show that this person tested negative for Covid-19.
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| Medical staff collected samples from F1 family members overnight. Photo: Contributor. |
*VAt 7:00 AM on May 21st, the Covid-19 outbreak center in Quynh Lap commune (Hoang Mai town) was contained.Lift lockdown and medical quarantine.This also marks the end of social distancing in Hoang Mai town, as mandated by the Prime Minister's Directive 15.
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| Residents are overjoyed after the lockdown was lifted. Photo: Thanh Cuong |
