Continue to strictly implement 'anti-epidemic like fighting against enemy'

Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee - Nguyen Van Ut speaks at the conference

At the conference, leaders of departments, branches and localities reported related issues about tracing and managing cases related to the outbreak in Ho Chi Minh City; leaders of the Department of Health report information on the new developments of the Covid-19 epidemic and solutions to prevent and control the epidemic at the present time; tracing and management of suspected cases from epidemic areas.

It is known that when there was an urgent notice to find people to go to the locations related to the positive cases of SARS-CoV-2 on May 20, there were three mothers and a woman selling snakehead fish soup (District 3, Ho Chi Minh City), the Steering Committee and the Working Team for the prevention and control of dangerous diseases on human in Long An province quickly and actively participated.

Accordingly, as soon as they received a response from the Long An CDC, localities in the province immediately traced F1 and moved to a concentrated isolation area in Vinh Hung district. F1 cases are sampled before being transferred to a centralized isolation facility. The F2 cases are being isolated at home. On the morning of May 21, medical center units went to the homes of F2s to take samples for rapid testing as directed. F3 cases continue to monitor their health and strictly follow the 5-K principle.

Conference at Long An end-point bridge 

It is known that the people of Long An visited the Medic - Hoa Hao Medical Center, No. 254, Hoa Hao Street, Ward 4, District 10, Ho Chi Minh City during the time frame from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. on May 19 proactively and quickly go to the medical facilities to declare. Currently, Medic - Hoa Hao Medical Center stops accepting patients after being infected with Covid-19.

Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee, Head of the Steering Committee for Prevention and Control of Dangerous Diseases on human in Long An Province - Nguyen Van Ut suggested localities continue to strictly implement "anti-epidemic like fighting against the enemy"; establishment of rapid response teams in tracing; there must be close and synchronous coordination in tracing, sampling, zoning, and managing suspected cases from epidemic areas; being ready to actively respond, not in a hurry, calmly handle all situations; prepareing more concentrated isolation areas.

At the same time, he emphasized to ensure both epidemic prevention and control and economic development; strengthen epidemic prevention and control in industrial parks; get ready plans and scenarios to ensure security and safety for the election of deputies to the XVth National Assembly and the election of People's Council deputies at all levels on May 23 in the context of the ongoing serious Covid-19 epidemic. Propaganda and mobilization to raise people's awareness in epidemic prevention and control; continue to implement motto 4 in place; strictly implement the 5-K principle; means of passenger transport must strictly comply with the principles of Covid-19 epidemic prevention and control; step up propaganda for the prevention and control of the Covid-19 epidemic on the mass media; etc./.

By Hoai An – Translated by Duc Tam

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