Concentrating on strictly implementing prevention, fighting against Covid-19 epidemic during Lunar New Year

Tracing, isolating the cases F1, F2

According to the report of the Long An Steering Committee for the Prevention and Control of Dangerous Diseases on human, by the end of February 8, the whole province recorded 3 cases positive for Covid-19, of which 2 cases were cure and release. By 9:00 a.m. on February 9, there was one more positive case due to close contact with the case 1978 and was centrally isolated, now being transferred to Dong Thap Muoi Hospital for treatment. At the same time, since the epidemic happened, the whole province has been quarantined for 7,639 cases. In which, the province concentrated isolation for 2,772 cases, there are currently 358 isolated cases; 4,866 home-isolated cases. To date, 7,281 were completed isolation. Related to suspected cases in Duc Hoa district and Tan An city, all F1 cases were isolated and took sample testing, tracing F2 for home isolation. To date, F1 case in Tan An city has been tested negative for the first time.

Director of the provincial Department of Health - Huynh Minh Phuc affirms that Long An has been implementing well the prevention and control of Covid-19 epidemic

According to the Director of the provincial Health Department - Huynh Minh Phuc, regarding the outbreak in Chi Linh City of Hai Duong Province and Quang Ninh Province, the functional forces conducted tracing and doing concentrated isolation for the two schools. 54 cases and 17 cases of self-monitoring at home. Besides, regarding the case of 1,843 students of Thu Dau Mot University in Binh Duong province, functional departments conducted the concentrated isolation for 2 people, in which, the isolated case at the Provincial General Hospital from the district Duc Hoa's illness has reduced cough, sore throat, earache, no fever, his first test result was negative; In the case of isolation at the Center for Continuing Education of Vinh Hung district, from Can Giuoc district, the health was normal and the test result was negative for the first time.

At the same time, localities also monitored 60 isolated cases at home, including 31 cases in Duc Hoa, 3 cases in Can Giuoc, 5 cases in Duc Hue, 2 cases in Ben Luc, 12 cases in Tan Tru, 3 cases in Can Duoc, 2 cases in Chau Thanh, 1 case in Tan Thanh and 1 case Thu Thua. According to the Director of the provincial Department of Health - Huynh Minh Phuc, since the Covid-19 epidemic, Long An province has effectively implemented epidemic prevention measures to ensure that all F1 and F2 cases are traced and conducted isolation.

Implementing synchronous epidemic prevention measures

According to the Long An Steering Committee for the Prevention and Control of dangerous epidemics for people, the Covid-19 epidemic has been complicated, especially on the Lunar New Year, people come back to their hometown to celebrate Tet from all regions. It is difficult to control the country with many types of means of transport from public to private, and there are drunk cases and crowd-gathering during Tet holiday when people do not comply with epidemic prevention measures that will cause difficulties in epidemic prevention and control.

Besides, in the past few days, the locality is adjacent to Ho Chi Minh City which has become an infectious outbreak in the community with many positive cases detected, posing certain challenges to Long An province in efforts to prevent and control Covid-19 epidemic. Therefore, the synchronous implementation of measures to prevent and fight against the Covid-19 epidemic is a very important task on the occasion of the New Year of Buffalo 2021.

Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee, Head of the Long An Steering Committee for the Prevention and Control of Dangerous Diseases on human - Nguyen Van Ut requests that branches and localities do not neglect, are not subjective, focus on strictly implementing the work of preventing and controlling Covid-19 epidemic during the Lunar New Year

Facing the outbreak of the Covid-19 epidemic, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee, Head of the Long An Steering Committee for the prevention and control of dangerous epidemics on human - Nguyen Van Ut said: “We are still sitting here, still organizing the conference here is that we also have Tet with family. But with the forces, who are on the borderlines, the medical staff and the doctors can not have Tet with their families. So we have to share, be together with the forces to do well on the front lines and borderlines, we also have to do well in the inland to ensure the health of the people so that the people can enjoy a peaceful Tet. Only 1 of 2 forces does not perform well, the epidemic cannot be controlled. Therefore, branches and localities must be strict, do not neglect, are not subjective to ensure the appropriate implementation of the Provincial People's Committee's plans in Covid-19 epidemic prevention and control".

Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee - Nguyen Van Ut affirmed that, in addition to the measures to prevent and control the Covid-19 epidemic that the province has been taking during the Lunar New Year, agencies and localities must strictly implement the duty of Tet and be in charge of epidemic control, district-level People's Committee chairpersons are responsible for the area for epidemic prevention and control.

“The Provincial People Committee will continue to maintain a daily briefing on epidemic prevention and control and can convene a meeting at any time. Tet this year is a very special Tet, every year, on the first day of the New Year, the units still hold Tet, but this year please take this time for the prevention of epidemics”, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee - Nguyen Van Ut suggested.

In addition, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee - Nguyen Van Ut requested that the health sector and localities need to check and restart scenarios such as blockade, isolation, separation, and equipment preparation, medical supplies and people to be activated immediately when any situation occurs. At the same time, it is necessary to implement administrative sanctions for cases of not wearing face masks in public places, crowds of people, early detection and sanctioning of cases that do not report medical when they come back to the locality.

"One of the important measures is to promote propaganda to the people so that each citizen understands, does not panic and is responsible for implementing measures to prevent and fight against the Covid-19 epidemic", Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee - Nguyen Van Ut requested localities to implement./.

By Kien Dinh – Translated by Duc Tam

Source: https://baolongan.vn/tap-trung-thuc-hien-nghiem-cong-tac-phong-chong-dich-covid-19-trong-dip-tet-nguyen-dan-a109719.html