Vinh City ensures food for people in the area of enhanced Directive 16
(Baonghean.vn) - Currently in Vinh City, many areas continue to implement enhanced Directive 16, food sources must rely entirely on blocks, hamlets, and volunteers.
WardVinh Tanis one of the "red zones" in Vinh City, therefore, people are required to continue to implement the enhanced Directive 16, to stay at home to prevent the epidemic. The supply of food and necessities in the area depends entirely on blocks, residential groups and union members and youth.
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| The Vinh Tan ward's blue shirt shipper team is equipped with protective gear to ensure safety in the "red zone". Photo: QA |
People in Vinh Tan ward are currently buying food through two main channels, including registering through blocks and community Covid-19 teams. After receiving orders and receiving money, the teams will compile and send them to the supplier, then transport them to the people. People can also order directly through supermarkets and stores and the ward's green shirt shipper team will be responsible for transporting them.
Mr. Ngo Dinh Thai - Secretary of Vinh Tan Ward Youth Union said: "With a large area, spanning over 14 blocks with nearly 6,000 households, the epidemic is complicated, so the green shirt shipper team always operates at full capacity to ensure food needs for people in the whole ward. There are days when the number of orders reaches 400 - 500, everyone runs from morning to night. Although it is difficult, everyone encourages each other to try.complete the missionto join hands with people to overcome the pandemic".
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| Volunteers buy food and bring it to people in Vinh Tan ward. Photo: QA |
To ensure safety and prevent infection when continuously delivering goods, more than 20 shippers in blue shirts in Vinh Tan ward have been equipped with protective gear.
According to records, although it is an area implementing enhanced Directive 16, food supply in Vinh Tan ward is flexibly applied by organizations and unions with many methods, ensuring "no one is left behind" during the epidemic season.
In Truong Thi ward, block 16 is the only area implementing enhanced Directive 16 and the community Covid-19 team is currently responsible for providing food and necessities to the people.
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| The community Covid-19 team is primarily responsible for providing food to people in areas under enhanced Directive 16. Photo: QA |
Mr. Nguyen Cong Hao - Head of Block 16, Truong Thi Ward said: "There are currently 8 community Covid teams in the block. Food in the block has many supply channels, including the Ward Fatherland Front Committee, Women's Union, the block also connects with a number of suppliers. After people register with the purchasing card, we will count and send it to the units. When receiving food, members of the community Covid team directly deliver the goods to each household, on average each person is in charge of 25 households. Up to now, more than 200 households have been provided with food in a timely manner."
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| Trung Duc Apartment is the only apartment building implementing the enhanced Directive 16 in Vinh City. Photo: PV |
Trung Duc Apartment in Hung Binh Ward is the only apartment building in Vinh City that is being implemented.Advanced Directive 16This apartment building currently has more than 200 households living there and residents are required to "not go out, not come in" to prevent and fight the epidemic.
Mr. Ho Viet Thanh - Vice Chairman of Hung Binh Ward People's Committee said: In the apartment building, there is a point of sale of essential goods for residents, however, there is not enough supply of food and foodstuffs. Therefore, in addition to the community Covid team that will bring food directly to each household, the ward also assigned 3 members of the Youth Union to be responsible for transporting essential goods to residents in this apartment building.
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| At Trung Duc apartment building, food is delivered to each apartment by the community Covid team. Photo: PV |
According to statistics, in Vinh City, there are currently 2 wards (Hong Son, Vinh Tan), 35 blocks, hamlets and 1 apartment building implementing the enhanced Directive 16. It is known that the epidemic situation in these areas has had positive changes, people are strictly following epidemic prevention and control measures to soon bring life back to a new normal state./.