Nghe An sets up checkpoints and arranges body temperature measuring machines at border gates to face the risk of pneumonia epidemic entering
(Baonghean.vn) - Nghe An has arranged for officials to set up checkpoints and equipped body temperature measuring machines at Vinh International Airport, seaports and land border gates to control people passing through.
On the morning of January 24 (ie 30th of Lunar New Year), Nghe An Provincial People's Committee sent an urgent document to a number of departments, branches and sectors on the prevention of respiratory infections caused by the new strain of Corona Virus.
According to the Provincial People's Committee, this epidemic is developing complicatedly in China, is a dangerous infectious disease transmitted from person to person through close contact or saliva, there is no specific treatment and no vaccine to prevent the disease.
To date, China has recorded 541 cases of the disease, including 15 medical staff. 17 people have died from this epidemic. Currently, the epidemic has also been recorded in many other countries, including Vietnam with 2 cases from Wuhan, currently quarantined at Cho Ray Hospital.
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| Body temperature check at Tan Son Nhat Airport. |
To proactively control and prevent this epidemic. The People's Committee of Nghe An province requested the Department of Health to preside over and coordinate with departments, branches and localities to drastically implement prevention measures. Direct close monitoring of the epidemic situation, strengthen medical quarantine work at border gates, Vinh International Airport, and seaports in the province.
The Provincial Military Command, the Provincial Border Guard Command, Vinh International Airport, the Customs Department, and Nghe Tinh Port are responsible for coordinating with the Department of Health to strengthen medical quarantine work in the areas under their management. Media agencies organize propaganda, provide complete, timely, and accurate information on the epidemic situation and prevention measures so that people can proactively and actively prevent the epidemic.
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| Passengers check in at Vinh airport. |
The document of the Provincial People's Committee also requires departments, branches and localities to coordinate with the Department of Health to resolutely direct the implementation of epidemic prevention work, ensuring sufficient resources for epidemic prevention activities in the area.
Currently, the Nghe An Provincial Center for Disease Control has arranged for staff to set up checkpoints and equip body temperature measuring machines at Vinh International Airport, seaports and land border gates to control people passing through.