Image showing Covidmaps Bac Giang (Screenshot) On the afternoon of May 10, at the Office of the People’s Committee of Bac Giang province, Sao Mai Trading and Finance Joint Stock Company (Hanoi) handed over the Bac Giang Provincial People’s Committee to operate the Covid-19 Epidemiological Map System in Bac Giang province. (referred to as Covidmaps) free of charge by the company. Covidmaps uses digital map technology to digitize useful information such as: Locked areas, medical isolation; lists and information related to each patient (living quarters, travel schedules); concentrated isolation locations; hospital address, medical station… Through this, it helps people, epidemic prevention and control units, and managers update information about the disease quickly, regularly and smoothly. Pham Van Dao, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Sao Mai Trading and Finance Joint Stock Company, said that with the social responsibility of businesses, the company builds Covidmaps with the desire to propose solutions to support localities. effectively implement epidemic prevention and control, contributing to stabilizing socio-economic development. Mai Son, Vice Chairman of Bac Giang Provincial People’s Committee, said that during the fourth outbreak of the Covid-19 epidemic, Bac Giang province became a hot spot with many complicated developments. The fact that Sao Mai Financial Trading Joint Stock Company sponsored 100% of the funds to hand over and operate the Covid-19 Epidemiological Map System in Bac Giang province is of great significance in supporting the Party Committee and authorities. People in the province quickly update information, direct and organize the effective implementation of measures to prevent and control the Covid-19 epidemic.

The Mong people in Spring village live separately from the outside, surrounded by forests and mountains on all sides After filling 3 bottles of gasoline, according to Mr. Thao Van Cong, Mong ethnic group in Xuan village, Chairman of Veterans Association of Son Thuy commune, we started the journey to the H’mong village. After nearly an hour and a half, traveling more than 24 km of winding roads, we were at the Spring village. Standing on the top of a high mountain, looking ahead are the old wooden roofs and walls, nestled in the middle of the old forest. The dirt road to each house is as small as a thread, sometimes you have to cross a small stream to reach the other household. For generations, the Mong people in Spring village have lived in this land, living in difficult farming, isolated on all four sides are hills, terrain, and traffic are complicated. People’s life is very difficult. Mr. Thao Van Cong said that at present, Spring village does not have electricity, roads and medical stations, and schools are still facing many difficulties. In the old, shack, Mr. Thao Van Dia, Secretary and Head of Spring Village told us that the village has 114 households with 525 people. Here, because a number of concentrated domestic water works are degraded and cannot be used, people have to connect pipes to streams to bring water back to use. Dia shared, in the rainy season, roads are difficult to travel, people cannot go in and out of the village, the food source mainly depends on shifting cultivation, some households grow a little more rice and corn to store for the next season. County borders. The rest raise small barns around the house. After lunch, fearing that it would rain, we continued our journey to Xia Noi village. From Spring Village to Xia Noi is only 5 km, but it takes half an hour for the group to arrive. To get to Xia Noi village, you have to cross small roads, cross streams, and in the rainy season, the water is heavy, the village is almost isolated. Due to the dilapidated and badly damaged Spring Village Kindergarten, the children were arranged to study temporarily at the old elementary school. The head of Xia Noi village Sung Van Cau said that the village currently has 35 households with 168 members, in addition to difficult transportation, essential needs such as electricity, medical stations, television… are also the long-awaited wishes of the village. citizen. In recent years, people have been regularly provided with maize and rice varieties to actively cultivate, so they no longer have to worry about the lack of food in the off-season. However, due to difficult roads and fragmented farming practices, productivity is low. Even more difficult, when sick people move to the center of the commune, the road is both far and bad. To get to Xia Noi village, the only way is to cross the forest road, cross the stream, travel becomes very difficult in the rainy season. Outdated customs and practices, small production, low education level, and lack of synchronous investment in electricity, roads, medical stations, etc., make the life of the Mong people in the two villages of Xuan Xuan and Xia Noi meet. many difficulties. Discussing this issue, Mr. Ha Van The, Vice Chairman of Son Thuy Commune People’s Committee said: “We want the authorities at all levels to pay more attention, invest in electricity infrastructure, roads and stations so that people can have a meeting. live better”. The poverty rate in Xia Noi village is still high Mr. Mac Van Toi, Deputy Head of Economic Infrastructure Department of Quan Son district, said that in Mua Xuan village, the Department of Industry and Trade is implementing a power grid investment project. In Xia Noi village, the district is currently applying for policies and funding to support investment in the power grid. As for the road system to Mua Xuan and Xia Noi villages, according to Mr. Toi, the district has developed a medium-term public investment plan, period 2021-2025, currently there are a number of projects of the Provincial Committee for Ethnic Minority Affairs and one Several other projects are under construction…

Bran Castle – a popular tourist attraction in Transylvania, Romania – which is considered the inspiration for the famous Dracula novel series, has set up a Covid-19 vaccination center. According to a notice from the management, visitors can come for free injections every weekend in May without an appointment. Photo: Getty. In addition, tourists coming here will also be able to visit the castle’s gallery of 52 medieval torture instruments at no extra cost. However, vaccination is only available to Romanian citizens. Marketing director Alexandru Priscu said the campaign was meant to “make vaccinations more fun”. Photo: BBC. In the US, people can register for the Covid-19 vaccine when attending sports matches. On May 10, each audience present at the hockey game between the Philadelphia Flyers and the New Jersey Devil team had the opportunity to get a shot of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine. The campaign is also held at games by the Seattle Mariners baseball team or the Seattle Sounders football team. Photo: AP. On May 11, in the opening match at the home of St. Paul Saints in Minnesota, this baseball fan was vaccinated and given 4 vouchers to watch another game. Manager Derek Sharrer said: “This is a great opportunity for the audience to be vaccinated in a favorable way.” Photo: AP. In addition to fixed health stations, British people can register for vaccinations at churches. Twice a week, about 800 citizens can go to Poet’s Corner at Westminster Abbey (London, England) to receive medical staff’s help with Covid-19 vaccination. On its website, the monastery said that this vaccine site will accept individuals who make an appointment through the National Health Service, which is expected to operate until at least the end of June this year. Photo: AP. Salisbury Church in England is also part of the country’s vaccination campaign. After vaccination here, people have to stay for 15 minutes for medical staff to monitor the response. According to data from Our World in Data, more than half of the UK population has received at least one dose of the vaccine. Photo: Sky News. Since May, David Richardson, City Commissioner of Miami (USA), has launched an initiative to establish non-permanent vaccination points in the South Beach area. “We want to reach beachgoers and encourage them to change their mind about vaccination,” said Richardson. By the second day of the campaign, the registration points had consumed 125 doses of Johnson & Johnson vaccine and also used up 50 additional doses. Photo: Getty. Mr. Richardson said the campaign was heavily promoted on media and social networks. In addition to the target group of tourists coming to the Miami beach to relax, the city government also wants to mobilize neighboring people to come here to get vaccinated. “Some people come here in bathing suits, there are also people who come here to get vaccinated.” Photo: Miami Herald. The new vaccination site that is receiving attention from New York City public opinion is the bottom of a more than 28,000-meter whale model at the American Museum of Natural History. Those who register for vaccination here are given a voucher to visit the museum for free the next day. “This is the newest, hottest vaccination site right now,” New York City Councilmember Mark Levine wrote on Twitter. Photo: New York Times. On May 9, 200 doses of Johnson & Johnson vaccine were delivered to storage at the Arapahoe Basin ski area in Summit County (Colorado, USA). Visitors and Colorado residents will not need to register in advance to make a reservation. “Hopefully this will help the community continue the process of vaccination to overcome the pandemic,” said Tony Cammarata, head of the Arapahoe Basin patrol. Photo: Arapahoe Basin.