For each meal, officers and soldiers (CBCS) of the Provincial Military Command and the 3rd Division had to plan to prepare thousands of meals. “Our job is to cook nutritious and delicious dishes to help doctors, staff, health workers and patients have good health to defeat the epidemic” – Lieutenant Colonel Nguyen Duc Hanh, Political Department, The provincial Customs Department shared. In order to have delicious, nutritious and regularly renewed meals, Hanh and his teammates have to discuss carefully with the Department of Nutrition, Provincial Rehabilitation Hospital to create a weekly menu. Officers and soldiers of the Provincial Military Command and the 3rd Division prepare meals to serve patients treated at the Rehabilitation Hospital. From the beginning of May until now, most of the staffs have participated in the fight against Covid with different tasks and roles. In agencies and units, they make plans, make training programs, and perform political tasks. Here again, the brothers became foster brothers. Rarely can they show their talents, each person has to work with knives and chopping boards to process together, then arrange a beautiful meal. Every day, with a little more experience, more delicious and diverse meals, we are also happy to receive positive feedback from staff, doctors and patients. To operate 2 field kitchens to serve thousands of meals for staff and doctors treating Covid-19 at the following locations: Primary Rehabilitation Hospital 1, Grassroots Rehabilitation Hospital 2 (at the Ngo Gia Tu College), Lung Hospital, No. 2 Infectious Field Hospital (Ministry of Defense), Lieutenant Colonel Nguyen Duc Hanh promptly advised to equip 3 industrial rice cabinets with large capacity, able to cook 70 kg of rice/pot/time (each time cook for about 2 hours); mobilized nearly 100 CBCS to support. At the rate of 80,000 VND/person/day, the logistics force calculates and divides it according to the ratio of 2/4/4 (16,000 VND for breakfast, 32 thousand VND for lunch and dinner each). From early in the morning, the kitchen at the Oncology Hospital 2 at the Vietnam – Korea Vocational College of Technology was on fire. At the end of May 2021, the field hospital was quickly installed, the kitchen infrastructure was also cleaned and tidy by CBCS. On June 2, thousands of meals were prepared by the brothers. Major Nguyen Thanh Tung, Regiment 831 (Ministry of the Provincial People’s Army), Deputy Director of the Field Hospital said: Thanks to the support of the 3rd Division, the field kitchen here has 32 comrades, in addition there are 4 Chefs of large restaurants volunteer to assist. Tung just finished his words, lunch on June 12 includes: Hot roast meat, fried shrimp with onions, fried beans, fried eggs, roasted peanuts, boiled spinach, and sweet potato soup are beautifully presented. Lunch box, food, soup, dessert are packed separately, every food is neat. For seriously ill patients, young children, pregnant women, the kitchen based on registration needs to prepare porridge, nutritional powder, pho, vermicelli, bread and milk… even ready vegetarian meals. for dieters. Every job is proud For each staff member of the Ministry of Public Security of the province and the 3rd Division, participating in logistics services for field hospitals to treat Covid-19 patients is a special task but also extremely proud. Soldier Nguyen Khac Thu, 3rd Division said: “When the unit had information, I and many other comrades volunteered to the epidemic center in Bac Giang. We are involved in the construction, installation and now logistics of the field hospital. I am very proud of my small contribution together with the unit and Bac Giang people to soon fight the epidemic.” At the invitation of Major Nguyen Thanh Tung and Major Do Hong Vu, Logistics Department (Provincial Ministry of Customs), with the spirit of volunteering, Mr. Ha Van Tuan, chef of a large restaurant in Nham Bien town (Yen Yen). Dung) and three other chefs, ready to put aside personal work, volunteered to pack a backpack to a field hospital located at the Vietnam-Korea Vocational College of Technology. Tuan said: “As a professional, we also hope to cook delicious meals to serve patients, staff, and doctors. They can eat well to have the health to work.” Thanks to your dedication, from the beginning of June until now, the meals of the staff, doctors and patients here are always delicious. Senior Lieutenant Colonel Vu Van Hung, Deputy Director of Logistics, Ministry of Public Security of the province said: “In order to ensure the quality of meals at field hospitals and isolation areas in the province, the provincial Department of Customs has established a working group of officers. sets of rooms and departments; regularly inspect and supervise the organization of cooking force, ensuring logistics. We require kitchens to import food from reputable establishments with clear origins; Build a varied and nutritious menu on a weekly basis. Especially, the processing stage ensures a one-way process, is carefully packed and preserved before being transferred to the patient and stored.” Thanks to the methodical, orderly and orderly implementation, most of the field kitchens are operated by CBCS. Provincial Customs Department and Division 3 maintain regular maintenance, highly appreciated by the Provincial Food Safety and Hygiene Department. Post, photo: Tuyet Mai

The large-capacity “field” Covid-19 laboratory at the Bac Giang Center for Disease Control has been fully installed with the cooperation and transfer support of the Military Medical Academy (Hanoi). This area has an area of ​​​​about 200 m2 and was built quickly in 3 days. The center consists of 8 specialized rooms. In which, 2 laboratories meet biosafety level 2. The most dangerous room is the initial sample processing room. This is the workplace of many officers from the Military Medical Academy, Bac Giang Center for Disease Control and volunteer technicians. Responsible for operating the laboratory is Lieutenant Colonel, Dr. BS Ho Huu Tho (Head of Department of Gene Technology and Cell Genetics, Military Medical Academy). According to Dr. Tho, the special feature of this laboratory is that the SARS-CoV-2 virus detection process is highly sensitive, with the cost savings being reduced by nearly half compared to traditional methods. At the same time, the center has the capacity to test tens of thousands of people every day. According to Dr. Tho, this is the world’s first gene technology, using artificial intelligence to analyze PCR results to detect SARS-CoV-2 pathogens (known as AIMS RT-PCR technology). The sensitivity of this method was evaluated against an in vitro RNA standard set for a detection threshold of 7.2 copies/reaction, nearly 7 times lower than the WHO recommended procedure, when evaluating under the same experimental conditions (50 copies/reaction). This study was clinically evaluated on 142 positive cases, 1,034 negative cases for SARS-CoV-2 and 14 other respiratory viruses. The sensitivity and specificity of the method were both 100%. More importantly, the procedure was successful in mixing 100 patient samples in a single real-time reaction without compromising sensitivity. As such, this is a simple, super-sensitive and potential test method for large-scale screening of SARS-CoV-2 with cost savings many times over. According to Dr. Tho, this method is like a weapon we switch from a defensive state to an attack against the Covid-19 epidemic. To communicate with the staff working in the lab, the commander had to use a walkie-talkie system because the windows were always foggy because of the mist and Chloramin B disinfectant. Besides, the technician was wearing clothes For protection, entering the lab will be called by the number corresponding to the job they are undertaking. After each opening to receive samples, the room is sprayed with disinfectant to avoid the risk of infection. All generated waste is also collected and treated according to regulations of the Ministry of Health. To maintain testing capacity, nearly 100 cadets of the Military Medical Academy are divided into small teams working for 8 hours, with 3 rotating teams each day to ensure that the laboratory is always open 24 hours a day. Tran Hoang Minh (student of Military Medical Academy) and friends relax before the shift. He is in charge of the work of separating and taking samples, so the risk of infection is very high. However, Minh feels proud to work at this center. “The laboratory capable of large-scale testing is a very powerful weapon in the fight against the epidemic. With mobilized human strength, strong weapons and high determination, I believe the epidemic will be quickly controlled.” male students share.