‘There are days when 10 people from Cambodia cross the border back to their home country, we recorded that all were infected with SARS-CoV-2,’ said the leader of the Kien Giang Department of Health.
This is a share of the epidemic situation of leaders of the Kien Giang Department of Health at the online meeting to strengthen prevention and control of Covid-19, chaired by the Ministry of Health with 63 provinces and cities, on April 16.
Kien Giang has difficulty in preventing and fighting against Covid-19 epidemics
According to leaders of the Department of Health of Kien Giang province, at present, controlling immigration is extremely important. In the context of complicated epidemic developments in Cambodia, Kien Giang and the western provinces are taking drastic measures to block the routes.
“We have maintained this for more than a year. However, with a long border, epidemics in your country are complicated, so the risk of omitting illegal entry on land and at sea is very high”, leader of the Kien Giang Department of Health said.
Currently, Kien Giang has 56 km of land border with neighboring countries, more than 200 km of sea and 62,000 km of sea surface. Many fishing vessels of domestic and international fishermen are in operation. This province has set up 112 road posts, 9 fishing boats and 2 highways, more than 1,000 border guards day and night to check the bar. However, the leader of the health sector in Kien Giang admits that controlling export is very difficult.
Border guards spray disinfectants at schools in Phu Quoc (Kien Giang). Photo: Pham Ngon.
Illegal entries in Kien Giang include expatriates who often return home on holidays and Tet. In the time before Cambodia’s outbreak, Kien Giang did not record positive cases from this group.
The second group of subjects is freelance labor in your land. They left illegally before. After the community infection event on February 20 in Cambodia, many of these subjects returned home, including those who were returned by your country.
Since February 20, Kien Giang has recorded 1,262 people entering from Cambodia, of which 36 cases were positive for SARS-CoV-2. Kien Giang also recorded 8 cases of unclear infection, under the direction of the Ministry of Health, the province still organized treatment for the patient even though there was no code.
“The rate of people entering the country infected with SARS-CoV-2 that Kien Giang recorded is nearly 4%. This is quite a high number. There are days when 10 people from Cambodia cross the border back to their home country, we record all. are positive for SARS-CoV-2. This makes it difficult for us “, representative of Kien Giang said.
At the conference, the leader of the health sector in Kien Giang said that with specific characteristics of patients from Cambodia, the province had difficulty in applying the concentrated isolation plan, treatment facilities according to the Ministry of Health.
With this situation, Kien Giang has submitted a proposal to set up a field hospital to treat patients with Covid-19.
“This field hospital is located in Ha Tien city to accommodate and treat patients from Cambodia, will operate for 1-2 years or more, until the epidemic in your country is stable. We cannot take advantage of the Medical Center. Ha Tien City Hospital is a field hospital because if it is prolonged, it will affect the people’s health care, “said a representative of the Kien Giang Department of Health.
Kien Giang suggested the Ministry of Health soon approve the establishment of a field hospital because Cambodia is in a blockade period. Until the quarantine scope is removed, this province can welcome a very large number of returnees.
The province also proposed to allocate and give priority to injecting Covid-19 vaccine because of the large number of frontlines. Besides, this province is having difficulty in buying biological products, medical machinery and supplies because of concern about price difference.
“I hope that the Ministry of Health will soon summarize the practice in Hai Duong into experiences for localities to learn. I hope the Ministry of Health will soon go to the South West to survey the actual situation in the locality”, representative of Kien Giang said. recommendation.
Director of An Giang Health Department Tu Quoc Tuan said on April 15, this province tested and found that two Vietnamese people from Cambodia had positive results. All lucky F1 cases were negative.
Five people who entered illegally were taken to Phu Quoc Medical Center (Kien Giang) on the morning of March 31. Photo: Real Vinh.
“The border of An Giang is very hot and we hope to have more vaccines for the front line to fight the epidemic soon”, Mr. Tuan said.
Responding to Kien Giang, Mr. Nguyen Trong Khoa, Deputy Director of the Health Department of Medical Examination and Treatment, Ministry of Health, said that according to the ministry’s policy, field hospitals have 2 types. One is to make use of existing facilities with waste treatment systems such as medical centers and hospitals. The second is to make use of civil facilities (dormitories, schools, sports grounds), to assign general hospitals to establish and maintain long-term operations.
“This civilian model in Hai Duong, Ho Chi Minh City operates effectively. Kien Giang can refer to and apply this model in the construction of field hospitals”, Mr. Khoa said.
Director of Department of Preventive Medicine Dang Quang Tan shared the difficulties facing Kien Giang province. Mr. Tan suggested the province continue to implement a plan to control well people entering the border.
Regarding the proposal to support additional vaccines, with the second phase allocation decision of the Ministry of Health, Kien Giang has 15,200 doses. Mr. Tan suggested that the province soon deploy vaccination. When receiving the next number of vaccines, the Ministry of Health will consider allocating more to the province.
The outbreak in Cambodia and Thailand is a lesson for Vietnam
Concerned about the purchase of materials and biologicals for Covid-19 testing with Kien Giang, the leader of Binh Duong Department of Health said that the current cost of materials is different from the previous period.
Provinces have difficulty in procurement bidding mechanism but dare not buy at too high price. Binh Duong suggested the Ministry of Health to guide localities in this work soon or fix prices.
Online meeting to strengthen prevention and control of epidemic Covid-19 chaired by the Ministry of Health on the morning of April 16. Photo: Tuan Dung.
Responding to Kien Giang and Binh Duong, the Ministry of Health said that this agency is approving the bidding plan and has not yet purchased equipment and biological products. Therefore, after purchasing, the department will publish the price to the locality as a base.
Director of the Department of Preventive Medicine Dang Quang Tan said that Thailand had a new outbreak related to activities and events that gathered crowds of people such as bars and karaoke.
In particular, in recent days, the epidemic of Covid-19 in Cambodia has also been very complicated, starting from February 20 through centralized isolation management.
“Some centralized isolation cases have been known to bribe prison guards to go out. This has spread the epidemic in the community, and the number of cases has skyrocketed. Yesterday, Cambodia had been,” said sources. the capital blockade order. The situation in Laos is similarly complicated, “said Tan.
In Vietnam, by the evening of April 15, the total number of cases was 2,758. Over the past 21 days, Vietnam has not recorded new cases in the community. However, in recent days, the Ministry of Health has recognized that new cases of people entering from Cambodia and Japan are quite high. The management of people who enter illegally through the quota is also very difficult.
The Ministry of Health identified the outbreak of the disease in Thailand and Cambodia as a great lesson for Vietnam in controlling infection. In this situation, the southwest and southwest border areas are hot. Therefore, the ministry will set up a mission to these localities to inspect the prevention and control of Covid-19 epidemic.
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