Reporting quickly to the delegation, Ms. Nguyen Thu Cuc - Deputy Secretary of the City Party Committee, Chairman of the People's Committee, Head of the Steering Committee for Covid-19 Prevention and Control in Thu Dau Mot City, said that as of July 16, Thu Dau Mot City recorded 534 Covid-19 cases; 02 deaths in the treatment area. Currently, the Health branch has investigated and traced 1,648 F1 cases in concentrated quarantine and 5,863 F2 cases in quarantine at home. The city is temporarily implementing health localization of 39 areas in 14 wards with 1,979 households, 06 kiosks, 803 inns and 12,334 people. At the same time, establishing 145 checkpoints for pandemic prevention and control.
According to the Chairman of the City People's Committee, the resources of medical staff and frontline forces are beginning to be overloaded, requiring additional support to improve the capacity of large-scale screening. Meanwhile, traditional markets are closed and activities are limited, leading to an increase in people's demand for essential goods, focusing on supermarkets and convenience stores. The city has suggested that private medical facilities, when detecting a positive case through rapid test, should directly contact the provincial Center for Disease Control to do a PCR confirmation test. At the same time, when there are confirmed Covid-19 results, the patients will be transferred directly to the treatment facility; notifying the City Medical Center for tracing investigation, shortening time and process. The wards have mobilized to call for retired medical staff and private medical practice establishments to support the locality in pandemic prevention and control.
Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee Nguyen Van Loi works with leaders of the City Party Committee and People's Committee of Thu Dau Mot City
Emphasizing that in the present time, the pandemic control is extremely urgent and important, the Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee noted that Thu Dau Mot city needs to focus on speedy tracing, epidemiological investigation, sampling for testing and quick return of results to identify F0 for treatment and quarantine F1. Focusing on improving testing and treatment capacity at medical facilities in the area with the motto "4 on the spot". Deploying mobile teams to residential areas, boarding houses to take samples for testing, not deploying large gatherings to take samples. The Secretary also noted that in the propaganda, it is necessary to increase the time and renew the form to create a high consensus in the pandemic prevention and control. At the same time, functional branches need to ensure political security, social order and safety.
Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee meets and encourages officials, lecturers and students of Hanoi Medical University to support Binh Duong in controlling the pandemic.
Also this morning, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee Nguyen Van Loi met and encouraged officials, lecturers and students of Hanoi Medical University who are supporting the pandemic control in Thu Dau Mot City. On behalf of the provincial leaders, the Secretary thanked the officials and students for not being afraid of difficulties and dangers, speedily tracing, taking samples for testing and supporting Covid-19 testing for people in Binh Duong. This is a very valuable support for the province during the current complicated pandemic situation.
Reported by Phuong Chi-Translated by Nguyen Trang