Nghe An: Highlights on August 18

*NOn August 18, the People's Committee of Nghe An province issued an urgent document to departments, branches, and localities in the province regarding the implementation of measures to prevent and control the Covid-19 epidemic when implementing Directive 16. Accordingly, the People's Committee of Nghe An province requested localities that are implementing Directive 16strengthen administrative sanctionsfor cases where people leave their homes not in the prescribed cases and without a valid reason.

Authorities in Vinh City check people's travel documents. Photo: Tien Hung

*SOn August 18, Nghe An Center for Disease Control (CDC) informed: In the past 12 hours (from 6:00 p.m. on August 17 to 6:00 a.m. on August 18), Nghe An20 new positive cases recordedwith Covid-19.

Medical staff take samples for testing from households in the locked-down area. Photo: QA

*DDue to the complicated developments of the Covid-19 epidemic, the Steering Committee for Covid-19 Prevention and Control of Nghe An province has decided to implementNghi Loc district social isolation, Cua Lo Town according to Directive 16 to prevent Covid-19 epidemic, from 0:00 on August 19, 2021.Request Cua Lo TownCoordinate with Vinh city and Nghi Loc district to set up reasonable checkpoints; limit people's movement as much as possible; increase testing; focus on finding cases to soon bring life back to normal.

Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Bui Dinh Long decided to implement social distancing according to Directive 16 for Cua Lo town to prevent and control the Covid-19 epidemic. Photo: Thanh Chung

*TOn August 18, all 25 wards and communes in Vinh City wereset up checkpoints to check people passing byon the road. The checkpoints change locations hourly to synchronously check the routes of wards and communes, strictly punishing cases of going out without reason during the epidemic season, violating Directive 16.

Nghi Phu Commune draws up records to penalize violations of Directive 16. Photo: QA

*CMr. An of Vinh Tan ward, Vinh city, Nghe An province said that the unit had just discovered and arrested a subject related to the act.Illegal immigration through disease control checkpointsinto Vinh city. The case is currently being investigated and handled by the authorities according to the provisions of law.

Subject Nguyen Van Loi. Photo: Trong Tuan

*VAt about 10:35 a.m. on August 18, at the intersection between National Highway 7 and National Highway 46 in Block 3, Do Luong town, Nghe An, an accident occurred.traffic accidentbetween a truck and a motorcyclist. The collision caused the motorcyclist to be caught under the truck, his left leg crushed.

Accident scene. Photo: Nguyen Long

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