Communes bordering many districts in Nghe An set up Covid-19 quarantine checkpoints

Implementing Official Dispatch No. 01/UBND - BCĐ of Quynh Luu District People's Committee on strengthening inspection and control of people entering and leaving the area, Quynh Tam commune is the first locality in this district to effectively set up quarantine checkpoints.

Quynh Tam Commune (Quynh Luu) sets up disease quarantine checkpoints at important traffic intersections. Photo: Viet Hung

Mr. Nguyen Van Duc - Vice Chairman of Quynh Tam Commune People's Committee said that the area is adjacent to some districts such as Dien Chau, Yen Thanh, Nghia Dan... so it is very difficult to control people from other places going to and from the area. Implementing the district's official dispatch, the locality established 3 quarantine checkpoints to ensure citizens entering and leaving the area, and to propagate and remind them to wear masks and keep a distance according to regulations.

Every time a vehicle passes a checkpoint, it is checked for health declaration, body temperature is taken, and hands are sanitized.

Accordingly, Quynh Tam commune arranged 3 checkpoints, checkpoint 1 at hamlet 1, Quynh Chau commune; checkpoint 2 at hamlet 4 on National Highway 48 from Truong Ven slope into the commune; checkpoint 3 at hamlet 9 from Yen Thanh district into the commune.

To ensure that the inspection and control of people entering and leaving the area must strictly comply with regulations on disease prevention, the locality has arranged for each shift to have 2 people on duty, including police, militia, and commune organizations. The duty at the disease control checkpoint is divided into 3 shifts: morning, afternoon, and evening. At each checkpoint, the commune has arranged 3 more bottles of hand sanitizer and 40 medical masks for the on-duty team, and distributed them to people who forget to wear masks when going out.

Bordering many districts, setting up checkpoints is extremely necessary in controlling local epidemics.

Mr. Nguyen Van Hung, a resident of Hamlet 9, Quynh Tam Commune, said: “The commune setting up checkpoints at the border points with districts is a necessary action when many people enter and exit the area. When people do not wear masks or gather in large numbers, this force will remind and propagate them to strictly follow the regulations.”

During this time, Quynh Luu district also strongly directed localities in the whole district to strengthen inspection and control of people entering and leaving the area, open "Covid-19 epidemic prevention and control checkpoints" at important traffic intersections of their localities. At the same time, closely monitor and manage the quarantine of people related to the outbreak at Bach Mai Hospital; grasp information of people in close contact with these people to be proactive in management.