Dien Chau people are indifferent to the Covid-19 epidemic

Phu Dien Market, in Dien Thanh commune, is the largest traditional market.Dien Chau district, attracting tens of thousands of people from the communes of Dien Thanh, Dien Bich, Dien Ngoc, Dien Trung, Dien Kim, Dien An... every day to buy and sell goods.

This is a time when there is a high risk of a Covid-19 epidemic in Dien Chau district, because the epidemic case is related to a citizen of Dien Bich commune who is quarantined in Laos.

There is no hand sanitizer at the entrance of Phu Dien market to encourage people to wash their hands before and after entering the market. Photo: XH

However, according to observations at Phu Dien market on the morning of May 27, besides people wearingface maskWhen buying and selling goods, many people still do not wear masks, or wear them just to cope. It is worth mentioning that at the entrances to the market, there are no hand sanitizer bottles and there are no market management staff to remind people to follow the "5K" message to prevent Covid-19.

It is known that on May 26, the People's Committee of Dien Thanh commune sent an official dispatch to the management boards of tourist areas and market management boards in the commune to deploy urgent measures to prevent and control the Covid-19 epidemic in the situation related to the PVL patient in Dien Bich commune.

It should be clear that the market and tourist area management boards regularly propagate to raise the sense of responsibility of people and tourists to strictly implement the "5K" warning message to prevent and control diseases.Covid-19 epidemic, do not be subjective, negligent...

Many people do not wear masks, or wear them in a perfunctory manner at Phu Dien market (photo taken on the morning of May 27). Photo: XH

Mr. Phan Dinh Bay - Head of Phu Dien Market Management Board said that the market management board had received the directive from the commune, but admitted that they were still negligent and subjective in implementing Covid-19 epidemic prevention solutions in the market area under their management. This led to the situation that many people still did not wear masks while buying and selling goods at the market; hand sanitizer bottles were not arranged at the market gates.

InLach Van fishing portIn Dien Ngoc commune, a locality close to Dien Bich commune, at noon on May 27, many fishermen and traders were still not wearing masks, while this fishing port was always crowded with people buying and selling seafood. Fishermen said that because they forgot to bring masks on board, or because they thought they were fishing at sea, they subjectively did not wear them when the ship docked.

Many fishermen in Dien Chau district did not wear masks when their boats docked at Lach Van fishing port (photo taken at noon on May 27). Photo: XH

Lach Van fishing port is a place where many people from the communes of Dien Ngoc, Dien Bich, Dien Kim... gather to buy and sell seafood every noon when boats return to the port. Therefore, the fact that some people do not wear masks is a high risk of infection.

Meanwhile, Dien Bich commune is the locality that receives the most attention regarding the Covid-19 epidemic situation in Nghe An at present; this commune is being socially distanced according to Directive 15 of the Prime Minister.