General Nguyen Huu Cau: Fined 42 cases of spreading fake news about Covid-19 epidemic
(Baonghean.vn) - The above information was announced by Major General Nguyen Huu Cau - Member of the Provincial Party Standing Committee, Director of Nghe An Provincial Police at the meeting of the Provincial Steering Committee for Corona Virus Prevention and Control held on the morning of March 22.
According to Major General Cau, up to now, the provincial police force has handled 42 cases, each case was fined 12.5 million VND for spreading false information on the Internet about the Covid-19 epidemic.
In addition, a number of businesses were also punished for hoarding and raising prices of goods, especially masks and medical equipment to fight the epidemic. The provincial police also dispatched forces to coordinate tasks at centralized quarantine points and 62 community quarantine points.
The provincial police also sent two working groups from the Traffic Police Department and the Immigration Management Department to Nam Can International Border Gate, Ky Son District, to classify and guide the subjects to quarantine facilities.
The Major General also said that every day the Immigration Department, Ministry of Public Security, announces that if there are people from Nghe An returning from abroad, the Provincial Police will then check each person to request quarantine according to regulations, at the same time, the management of foreigners present in the province is also strictly ensured, as of 8:00 a.m. on March 22, there were 1,014 people.
Provincial Party Secretary Thai Thanh Quy chaired a meeting on Covid-19 prevention and control
(Baonghean.vn) - Nghe An is currently quarantining more than 900 citizens returning, mainly from Laos. With the forecast of an increasing number of returning citizens, the province will continue to survey and select additional centralized quarantine locations.
