Request to temporarily suspend key leaders of Dien Hong commune after discovering 3 community cases in Dien Chau

On the morning of September 3, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Bui Dinh Long held an urgent meeting with the district.Dien ChauAfter 3 F0 cases appeared in Dien Hong commune in the community.

Attending were comrades: Duong Dinh Chinh - Director of the Department of Health; Ha Xuan Quang - Secretary of the District Party Committee; leaders of Dien Chau district, Center for Disease Control of Nghe An province.

Long-distance drivers violate anti-epidemic regulations, spreading Covid-19

Dien Chau district's report said: In the district, 3 F0 cases have just appeared in the community. They are patients HTS (female, born in 1959), NXS (male, born in 1996) and PTT (female, born in 1968). All 3 patients are in Hamlet 1 Ai Quoc, Dien Hong commune; there are epidemiological factors related to patient NXTr (son of patient HTS) who is a long-distance car driver.

Leaders of Dien Chau District People's Committee reported on 03 new F0 cases in the community. Photo: Trung Thanh

On August 22, NXTr took a truck from Dong Nai to Dien Hong, got off the truck, passed the checkpoint and escaped home without declaring his health. While at home, NXTr often invited some friends to his house to drink beer and alcohol, when the district was implementing social distancing according to Directive 16.

On August 30, NXTr continued to enter Dong Nai; on September 1, NXTr had a positive rapid test, on September 2, the PCR test confirmed positive.

Speaking at the meeting, Associate Professor, Dr. Duong Dinh Chinh - Director of the Department of Health, commented: The appearance of new community cases makes the risk of Covid-19 epidemic spreading widely in Dien Chau very high. Dien Chau needs to urgently trace, not leave gaps, quickly isolate the epidemic, organize quarantine, and take samples.testrelated objects.

Associate Professor, Dr. Duong Dinh Chinh - Director of the Department of Health commented: The risk of Covid-19 epidemic spreading widely in Dien Chau is very high. Photo: Trung Thanh

In particular, Dien Chau needs to continue to focus on managing population movement and quarantine areas to avoid cross-infection; organize extensive propaganda, create high consensus, support people and promote self-awareness in fighting the epidemic.

Conduct investigation to prosecute the case, defendant

Concluding the meeting, comrade Bui Dinh Long requested Dien Chau district to step up investigation, tracing, isolation and testing of subjects related to patient NXTr and 3 new cases.

The district needs to strengthen the management of population movement. This is a vital issue in the fight against the epidemic. The district must continue to promote the effectiveness of the community COVID Team; prepare scenarios to switch to an appropriate anti-epidemic state.

Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Bui Dinh Long requested the Dien Chau District Police to consolidate the case file, conduct an investigation, initiate criminal proceedings, and prosecute the accused. Photo: Trung Thanh

Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Bui Dinh Long stated: The leaders of Dien Hong commune have not done a good job of signing a commitment among the entire population to fight the epidemic; the management of population movement has not been good, which has allowed the situation of avoiding checkpoints and not declaring health to occur, causing the epidemic to spread to the community, potentially causing an outbreak.

The Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee proposed: The Standing Committee of Dien Chau District Party Committee temporarily suspends the Party Secretary and Chairman of Dien Hong Commune People's Committee from work for 14 days to review their roles and responsibilities; requests Dien Chau District Police to consolidate records, conduct investigations and initiate prosecution of the case, prosecute the accused as soon as possible and temporarily suspend the Chief of Dien Hong Commune Police from work.

The Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee assigned the Department of Health to establish a professional team to guide and support Dien Chau district in effectively fighting the epidemic./.