Checking safety in quarantine areas for a fee
Reporting at the meeting, Mr. Nguyen Hong Chuong - Director of the provincial Department of Health said, regarding the cluster of cases in Ha Nam province, as of the morning of May 03, 2021, Binh Duong has investigated and supervised 11 related cases. Including 09 cases of sharing flight VJ133 with the 2910th patient (Thu Dau Mot city: 01 person, Thuan An city: 02 people, Phu Giao district: 01 person, Tan Uyen town: 01 person, Ben Cat town: 01 person and Di An city: 03 people) and 02 cases in the same quarantine area at Alisia Beach Hotel Da Nang with the 2899th patient (Phu Giao: 01 person and Tan Uyen 01 person). All cases were under concentrated quarantine and home quarantine. The first test results were negative for Covid-19.
The total number of experts entering Vietnam quarantined in Binh Duong has so far been 2,723 people; 46 cases of illegal entry.
The Delegation of the Ministry of Health inspects the pandemic prevention and control at Dai Nam Hotel
The Department of Health proposed a number of solutions in the coming time. In which, strictly implementing the 5K recommendation in pandemic prevention and control of the Ministry of Health. Temporarily suspending unnecessary crowded activities (festivals, fairs, night markets, etc.) and some services with high risk of pandemic spread such as bars, karaoke, massage, discotheques. Making health declaration for people returning from other provinces during the holidays (100% of officials, civil servants and public employees are required to declare). Carrying out concentrated medical quarantine from cases going back from pandemic areas; Establishing a working group of the Steering Committee for pandemic prevention and control to check safety in quarantine areas for a fee. The inspection teams of pandemic prevention and control unexpectedly inspect the pandemic prevention and control activities in localities in May 2021 and report to the provincial People's Committee for handling if detecting that there is a subjective and neglected locality.
For the pandemic prevention and control to prepare for the election of deputies to the 15th National Assembly and People's Councils at all levels for the 2021-2026 tenure, Mr. Nguyen Hong Chuong added: "The Department of Health follows closely the spirit of the plan of the Ministry of Health and the Provincial People's Committee to advise localities on the serious implementation and preparation of plans for pandemic prevention and control before, during and after the election. The Department of Health arranges that each polling station has 01 Health group to make medical declaration on Election Day".
Temporarily suspending some services at high risk of pandemic spread
At the meeting, members of the provincial Steering Committee for Covid-19 prevention and control and localities discussed many plans for pandemic prevention and control after the holidays of April 30 and May 01. Mr. Nguyen Khoa Hai - Director of the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism proposed to stop activities of bar, karaoke, discotheque, and massage services; for other sectors and fields, the pandemic prevention and control must be strengthened.
In order to prepare plans for pandemic prevention and control in the coming time, the provincial Military Command affirmed that the facilities will be ready for quarantine; at the same time, the military force coordinates with locality to well prepare all aspects for the election work.
Mr. Nguyen Van Dut - Deputy Director of the Provincial Police Department suggested that the provincial Steering Committee for Covid-19 pandemic prevention and control should organize a Covid-19 contact tracing training for localities. At present, the provincial Police have been concentrating and strengthening the inspection and supervision of illegal entry subjects, ensuring security and order in quarantine areas; increasing to grasp the situation of workers after the holidays. Especially after the holidays, a large number of workers return to Binh Duong to work, those who enter illegally will take advantage of the loophole to enter the area.
The Department of Foreign Affairs raises vigilance and supervision in the quarantine areas to avoid cross-contamination; grasps the number of experts in industrial parks, strengthens medical supervision after quarantine; proposes to boldly suspend receiving experts to and from India and China; temporarily suspending foreign expert delegations to work in the province.
As for the supervision after quarantine, the provincial Department of Labor, War invalids and Social Affairs proposed to promote the role of Residential groups, quarters, hamlets, and reactivate Covid-19 community groups. The whole province currently has 4,000 Covid-19 community groups; this is the "ear-and-eye" force that helps the functional branch check illegal entry as well as supervise cases after quarantine.
Many students followed their parents back to their hometowns in pandemic areas; as a rule, they must also be on quarantine for 14 days when returning to Binh Duong. This will affect the student's final exam results. Therefore, Mr. Pham Van Bay - Vice Chairman of Di An City People's Committee suggested that the Education and Health branch have a plan to support. Answering this problem, the Department of Education and Training said that the quarantine will still be carried out. After completing the quarantine, they will do the test according to the separate exam questions.
Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Nguyen Loc Ha speaks to conclude the meeting
Speaking to conclude the meeting, Vice Chairman of the provincial People's Committee Nguyen Loc Ha emphasized that, before the complicated situation of Covid-19 pandemic, it is proposed to temporarily suspend unnecessary activities: karaoke, discos, massage, game bars, bars, crowded and unnecessary festivals.
He suggested that the branches accelerate the inspection of quarantine facilities for a fee, ensure safety, and inspect the plan of pandemic prevention and control in enterprises. The Department of Health needs to quickly provide the tracing training for forces and advise the Election Subcommittees to ensure the safety of pandemic prevention and control before, during and after the election, Covid-19 community groups need to strengthen activities, community supervision, etc.
The localities simultaneously sanction the case of not wearing a mask, actively calculate quarantine plans, and proactively prepare for each plan if a pandemic occurs in crowded places such as schools, factories, etc.
Reported by Yen Nhi - Translated by Nguyen Trang