Nghe An: Highlights on March 5

*SOn the morning of March 5, at the Government Headquarters, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, Head of the National Steering Committee for Covid-19 Prevention and Control chaired13th meeting of the Steering Committee, online to the connecting points of ministries, branches and 63 provinces and cities across the country.

The Prime Minister requested: Continue to prevent the spread, focus on effectively controlling risks, limit the number of severe cases, reduce deaths, avoid overloading the health system; promote rapid recovery, sustainable development, ensure the major balance of the economy; resolve and care for social security issues; ensure national defense and security.

Regarding implementation solutions, it is necessary to persistently and resolutely implement the Party's policies, the National Assembly's Resolution, and the Government's Resolution 128/NQ-CP, control high-risk cases, severe cases, and deaths; continue to strictly, flexibly, and effectively implement the formula "5K + vaccine + treatment drugs + technology + raising people's awareness and other flexible measures", and apply it flexibly in specific conditions.

The Prime Minister emphasized that it is necessary to be more rapid in vaccination in the spirit of "going to every alley, knocking on every door, checking every person", completing the third injection in the first quarter of 2022, for people aged 18 and over (except for contraindicated subjects and those whose vaccination time has not come), completing the second injection for people aged 12-17 in March 2022, preparing a vaccination campaign for children aged 5-11, researching the fourth injection and vaccination for children under 5 years old...

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh delivered concluding remarks at the meeting.

*Vabout workreorganizing administrative organizations and public service unitsof ministries, ministerial-level agencies, government agencies, People's Committees of provinces and centrally run cities, on February 28, the Prime Minister signed and issued Official Dispatch No. 209/CD-TTg. Accordingly, the arrangement of other public service units (not specified in the Decree stipulating the functions, tasks, powers and organizational structure of ministries and branches), requires ministries and branches to review, arrange and reorganize in the following direction:

Reduce at least 10% of the number of public service units in accordance with the spirit of Resolution No. 19-NQ/TW dated October 25, 2017.

Only retain units under the ministry serving political tasks and leading units associated with the functions and tasks of the ministry that fully meet the criteria and conditions for establishment according to regulations...

Vinh City General Hospital is one of the financially autonomous units in Nghe An. Photo courtesy of Dinh Nguyet

*CThe high price of petrol has put pressure on economic and social life. For the seafood exploitation and fishing industry, the increase in petrol prices has also led to an increase in fishing logistics services, causing the cost of each trip to the sea for fishermen to increase by tens of millions of dong. We cannot let our ships "stay ashore".Fishermen have been flexible in finding ways to cope.

Let's learn about fishermen's experiences through the article: "Nghe An fishermen flexibly respond to soaring fuel prices".

After catching a fair amount of seafood, the fishing boats will move to one ship to transport it to shore for sale. Then, refuel the remaining boats to extend the fishing time at sea, reducing fuel costs. Photo: Thanh Phuc

*TContinuing to inform about the Covid-19 epidemic situation, on the morning of March 5, Nghe An Center for Disease Control said that in the past 12 hours (from 6:00 p.m. on March 4, 2022 to 6:00 a.m. on March 5, 2022), Nghe Anrecorded 2,172 new positive caseswith Covid-19. Of which, there are 519 community cases; 1,653 cases were quarantined before (1,621 cases are F1, 24 cases in quarantine areas, 08 cases from other provinces with epidemics).

Localities with the highest number of patients in the past 12 hours: Vinh City, Dien Chau, Thanh Chuong, Nghia Dan... Number of deaths in the past 12 hours: 01 patient. This patient is over 70 years old and has underlying diseases.

Taking rapid Covid-19 test samples Photo: Thanh Cuong

*LRegarding the treatment of Covid-19 for children, recently different "remedies" have appeared on forums, causing parents to become confused and disoriented.

To overcome this situation, the Ministry of Health has issued "Guidelines for home care of children with Covid-19".

According to this guide, necessary items and medicines to care for children with Covid-19 at home include a thermometer; personal SpO2 meter (if available); medical masks; hand hygiene equipment; necessary personal items; and a covered container for infectious waste.

Home remedies include: 1- Fever reducer: Paracetamol (powder packet or granules for oral suspension or tablets of 80mg, 100mg, 150mg or 250mg, enough for 5-7 days); 2- Electrolyte balancing medicine: Oresol, rehydration packets, other electrolytes; 3- Cough suppressant (preferably herbal medicines), enough for 5-7 days; 4- Nasal drops: Sodium chloride 0.9%, enough for 5-7 days; 5- Medicine to treat underlying diseases (if necessary, enough for 1-2 weeks).

The number of Covid-19 infections, especially among children in Nghe An, continues to increase. Photo: TH

*MLost tens of millions of dong because of trusting the words of buying and selling goods through social networks. Contacting through social networks, listening to the enticement to buy and sell goods online, Ms. TLA and NTHlost more than 70 million dong

Report of a victim who was scammed out of money via social networks. Photo: PV

*VAt about 3:30 p.m. on March 3, 2022, at the landfill area of ​​the Solid Waste Treatment Complex Enterprise in Nghi Yen Commune, Nghi Loc District, a fight broke out between a garbage truck driver and a garbage collector, Mr. Ho Sy Trieu (born in 1984), residing in Nghi Yen Commune, Nghi Loc District. The consequence was that Mr. Ho Sy Trieu died. The perpetrator fled the scene.

Determining the seriousness of the incident and the determination to quickly and successfully arrest the perpetrator, the Criminal Police Department of the Provincial Police coordinated with Vinh City Police and Nghi Loc District Police to urgently deploy working groups to surround and block all entrances and exits to the area, thereby closing the siege and arresting the suspect. By 6 p.m. the same day, the police hadsuccessful arrestsubject Nguyen Chi Tuan.

Nguyen Chi Tuan at the time of his arrest. Photo: Hong Ngoc