Nghe An: Highlights on August 22

*COn the afternoon of August 22, the Standing Committee of the Provincial Steering Committee for Covid-19 Prevention and Control met to listen and give opinions onCovid-19 prevention and control workpast time and deploy tasks and solutions in the coming time, especially in Vinh city.

Concluding the meeting, emphasizing the importance of Vinh City to the province, based on the developments of the epidemic and the opinions of the members, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Nguyen Duc Trung agreed to increase social isolation measures for Vinh City to a higher level than Directive 16. The spirit is to require people not to leave their homes, resolutely requiring: "whoever is where stays there". The immediate implementation period is 7 days, starting from 0:00 on August 23.

Comrade Nguyen Duc Trung - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee, Head of the Provincial Steering Committee for Covid-19 Prevention and Control concluded the meeting. Photo: Pham Bang

*SOn August 22, Vinh City People's Committee issued a document to stop implementing Plan 188/KH-UBND dated August 21, to implement the planFree large-scale rapid testingfor all citizens in the area, including temporary residents.

All residents and residents in Vinh City will be tested for free. Photo: QA

*Ton August 2292 cases of Covid-19 infection recordedThis is the record number of infections recorded in one day so far in Nghe An.More than half of the cases were quarantined in advance.

Taking Covid-19 test samples. Photo: Quang An

*NIn order to ensure people's safety during Vu Lan - July 15th festival, localities have issued many documents to guide people.organize to welcome the full moon, eat the full moonsuitable for the new situation with a compact scale, no large gatherings, ensuring strict implementation of anti-epidemic measures.

A deserted country road on the 15th day of the 7th lunar month in Vo Liet commune, Thanh Chuong. Photo: Huy Thu

*LDo Luong district authorities have discovered and6 people gathered to eat and drink, fined 65 million VNDduring the centralized quarantine period. Meanwhile, Quynh Luu district also discovered and made a record.handled 53 cases of violations of Directive 16.

Quynh Luu District Police check people's documents and reasons for going out. Photo: Thanh Toan

*NPeople in Hung Loi commune (Hung Nguyen) reported that the Cau Den 1 and Cau Den 2 projects relocate landslide areas in old hamlets 6 and 7, with 5 contents that the relocated people will benefit from, including the wastewater system. However, currentlyThe sewage system is inadequate and causes pollution.

Domestic wastewater from resettled people of Cau Den 2 Project is discharged into people's fields, affecting production and polluting the environment. Photo: GH