Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee inspected epidemic prevention and control work in Cham Puong village

On the morning of July 16, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Bui Dinh Long inspected the work of preventing and combating the Covid-19 epidemic in Cham Puong village, Luong Minh commune, Tuong Duong district. Accompanying him was Director of Nghe An Department of Health Duong Dinh Chinh.

In the morning, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Bui Dinh Long visited and encouraged the epidemic prevention and control forces on duty at the Covid-19 prevention and control checkpoints in the village.Cham Puong, Luong Minh commune, districtXiangyang…Up to this point, the outbreak in Cham Puong village has had a chain of infections of 21 cases.

Leaders of the Provincial People's Committee, Tuong Duong District People's Committee, and the Department of Health inspected the epidemic prevention work in Cham Puong village. Photo: Thanh Cuong

Reporting at the meeting, Chairman of Tuong Duong District People's Committee Phan Duc Son said: After the Covid-19 epidemic broke out in the area, the district has resolutely deployed and directed all levels and sectors to participate in epidemic prevention and control. Up to now, the district has investigated 131 F1; 152 F2, tested 705 people in Cham Puong village.

Medical staff take samples for testing from Cham Puong villagers. Photo: Thanh Cuong

Meanwhile, the village is far from the center, travel is difficult, people's customs and awareness of epidemic prevention and control are limited, many people are working in the fields, making it difficult to collect samples for testing... The health sector has, is and will mobilize forces to support Tuong Duong district to suppress the epidemic as quickly as possible.

Speaking at the meeting, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Bui Dinh Long acknowledged and highly appreciated the participation of the entire political system of Tuong Duong district in epidemic prevention and control; expressed his belief that Tuong Duong district will soon control the epidemic.

Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee inspects the proposed centralized quarantine area for F1 cases. Photo: Trung Thanh

Tuong Duong district needs to continue to promote the "4 on-site" in disease prevention and control; step up screening and grasping cases related to the outbreak in the area and speed up tracing to find all F1 and F2 cases to take samples for testing and timely quarantine.

The district coordinated with the health sector to collect samples for testing for the steering committee, checkpoints, and frontline forces in epidemic prevention; urgently screened people with symptoms of cough, fever, and suspected cases and immediately took samples for testing.

The Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee emphasized: Tuong Duong district needs to ensure food for people in the quarantine area, not let people go hungry, if there are difficulties, the province is ready to continue to support Tuong Duong district. The entire political system continues to take drastic action and knows how to rely on the people to control and repel the epidemic, soon bringing a peaceful life to the hamlets and villages./.