Nghe An residents use bamboo toothpicks to press elevator buttons due to Covid-19 concerns
(Baonghean.vn) - High-rise apartment buildings in Vinh City are currently implementing synchronous solutions to prevent the Covid-19 epidemic. Some apartment buildings even provide bamboo toothpicks for people to use to press the elevator buttons for safety.
Residents of apartment buildings in Vinh City proactively prevent and fight the epidemic. Clip: Quang An |
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Although there have been no positive cases of Covid-19, Nghe An people have taken many measures to prevent and fight the epidemic. In high-rise apartment buildings in Vinh City, residents and visitors strictly wear masks. Photo: Quang An |
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Most apartment buildings are equipped with hand sanitizer for residents to use. Mr. Nguyen Van Dam, a security guard at an apartment building, said: If residents in the apartment building do not wear masks and do not wash their hands, we will remind them. For guests coming in and out, if they do not comply, we will not allow them to enter the apartment building. Photo: Quang An |
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Instructions and propaganda leaflets are posted right in the elevators for people to strictly follow. Photo: Quang An |
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Cleaning staff at apartment buildings constantly clean elevators to ensure safety, especially on surfaces that many people come into contact with, such as buttons, which must be cleaned and disinfected continuously. Photo: Quang An |
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At the apartment management board, residents and staff must wear masks when conducting transactions and paying fees. Photo: Quang An |
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Quang Trung Ward is one of the localities with the most high-rise apartments in Vinh City. Notably, at Bong Sen Apartment (Quang Trung Ward), bamboo toothpicks are also provided for residents to use, avoiding the contact of many people's hands with the elevator buttons, minimizing the penetration of pathogens. Photo: Quang An |
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The people seem to be very interested in and take bamboo toothpicks seriously. After use, the toothpicks are thrown into the trash can below to avoid the situation of many people using one toothpick. Photo: Quang An |
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Graphics: Quang An |