Vinh City: Temporarily suspend entertainment activities and large gatherings at the beginning of Spring

On the morning of February 8, 2022, the Vinh City Center for Disease Prevention and Control held an online meeting with wards and communes to assess disease prevention and control work and vaccination campaigns before, during and after Tet.

After the Lunar New Year of Nham Dan 2022, the epidemic in the city has become complicated with hundreds of infections, including dozens of community cases every day, appearing in many wards and communes.

Faced with that situation, after listening to reports from departments, offices, the Medical Center, wards, communes, and members of the Command Center, comrade Tran Ngoc Tu -Chairman of Vinh City People's CommitteeAssign responsibility to departments, offices, wards and communes to step up propaganda work, not to be subjective, especially propaganda, guidance on disease prevention and treatment, review and accelerate the work of vaccinating the third dose of vaccine for people over 18 years old, complete the vaccination before February 10, 2022.

Vinh City will temporarily suspend entertainment activities, festivals... that gather large crowds after Tet to prevent the epidemic. Photo: QA

Vinh City will temporarily suspend all entertainment, recreation, and festival activities that attract large crowds after Tet. Strengthen leadership and direction, be proactive, flexible, and adjust prevention and control plans to suit the actual situation of each locality.

Speaking to reporters, Vinh City leaders said the city will set up an inspection team to handle service businesses that violate epidemic prevention regulations in the near future.

On the morning of February 8, Nghe An recorded 812 new Covid-19 infections, including 186 community cases. Of these, there were 186 community cases in 10 localities (Vinh City: 86, Dien Chau: 19, Quynh Luu: 14, Cua Lo Town: 14, Hung Nguyen: 12...

Since the beginning of the epidemic, the province has recorded 19,148 COVID-19 cases in 21 localities: Vinh City: 2,851, Quynh Luu: 1,846, Nghi Loc: 1,568, Yen Thanh: 1,357, Dien Chau: 1,335...