Many localities in Nghe An switched from Directive 16 to Directive 15.

Nghe An Provincial People's Committee has just issued Decision No. 3327/QD-UBND on adjusting measures to prevent and control the Covid-19 epidemic in many localities in the province.

Decision of the Provincial People's Committee.

According to the decision, social isolation according to Directive 16/CT-TTg of the Prime Minister will be changed to social distancing according to Directive 15/CT-TTg of the Prime Minister from 00:00 on September 13, 2021 for the entire area of ​​Vinh city, Cua Lo town, Nghi Loc district.

Switch to applying measures to prevent and control the Covid-19 epidemic according to Directive No. 15/CT-TTg, dated March 27, 2020 of the Prime Minister from 00:00 on September 13, 2021 for 17/18 communes and towns in Hung Nguyen district (except Hung Thinh commune); 18/19 communes and towns in Nam Dan district (except Xuan Hoa commune); 33/37 communes and towns in Dien Chau district (except the communes: Dien Nguyen, Dien Doai, Dien Yen, Dien Hong).

Stop medical isolation for village 1 and village 2, Dien Ky commune, Dien Chau district. Implementation time from 00:00 on September 13, 2021.

Nghe An province is stepping up vaccination for people. Photo: Archive

Previously, from August 17 to 19, the Provincial People's Committee issued many decisions on implementing social distancing according to Directive 16 for the following localities: Vinh City, Cua Lo Town, Hung Nguyen, Nam Dan, Nghi Loc, Dien Chau. Particularly, Vinh City, from August 23 to September 6, applied additional measures higher than Directive 16 with the motto "wherever you are, stay there" to prevent and control the epidemic.

Based on the positive developments of the Covid-19 epidemic in recent times, with a sharp decrease in the number of infections, the Provincial Steering Committee for Covid-19 Prevention and Control agreed to adjust the application of Covid-19 prevention and control measures in a number of districts, cities and towns.

The provincial Steering Committee for Covid-19 Prevention and Control requested the provincial Covid-19 Prevention and Control Command Center to continue directing localities in the province to synchronously and drastically implement epidemic prevention and control work; not to allow negligence, subjectivity, and recurrence of complicated epidemics.

Many localities are preparing specific conditions and plans to transition to the new normal state. Photo: PV

As of 7:00 a.m. on September 12, Nghe An recorded 1,783 Covid-19 patients in 21 localities, of which 1,110 patients have recovered and been discharged from hospital, and 10 patients have died. Since September 8, the number of infections, especially community cases in the province, has decreased sharply. 12/21 localities in the province are in the new normal state (green zone)./.