Leaders of the Office of the Provincial People’s Committee, the Provincial Fatherland Front Committee, the Department of Health received and presented letters of thanks to the TML volunteer group. Through reference and research from available samples on the domestic market and some countries such as Korea and Japan, the group has focused on improving equipment to suit the actual conditions in Vietnam. According to the design of the sampling room with a width of 1.1 m, a length of 2.2 m, a height of 2.3 m, equipped with air conditioners and UV lights to help clean the air inside after each shift. A representative of the TLM team instructs medical staff to use the testing room. In addition, the room is equipped with an electronic speaker to help medical staff easily exchange information with the person being sampled outside. Medical staff can flexibly use specialized rubber gloves or medical gloves to conduct sampling. It is known that the group has produced 15 rooms so far, of which 5 rooms are given to Bac Giang province, 5 rooms in Hanoi, 3 rooms in Bac Ninh, and 2 rooms in Thai Binh. Medical staff inspecting equipment for taking samples for testing. Leaders of the Office of the Provincial People’s Committee, the Provincial Fatherland Front Committee, the Department of Health gave letters of thanks to the members of the TML volunteer group for actively researching product design, thereby helping medical staff to reduce the pressure on their products. force while on duty, prevent cross-infection in the community, and improve the effectiveness of epidemic prevention and control. At the same time, we hope that the group will continue to have many effective projects to support Bac Giang and other provinces and cities across the country that are affected by the epidemic. On the same day, the Department of Health allocated sampling rooms for testing in the following districts: Luc Nam, Lang Giang and Yen Dung; directing units to strengthen management and efficient exploitation of equipment. News, photo: Mai Toan

Besides, there were many other notable outbreaks such as the one at Hoc Mon mechanical workshop (51 cases), Ehome 3 apartment building (59 cases), Kim Minh Company (27 cases), Tan Phu District Hospital. (13 cases) Regarding the Hoc Mon mechanical workshop, an employee at the garment factory in Vinh Loc A industrial park (Binh Chanh district) was taken to concentrated isolation from June 9, and tested positive on June 15. Also located in Vinh Loc A industrial zone, on June 12, through a screening test at the hospital, a worker working at a food company was also positive. From here, the health sector took more than 100 test samples of F1 and screened for about 500 employees at the dormitory of this facility, and 350 people at the factory, and found 11 positive aggregate samples. Cu Chi field hospital, where COVID-19 patients are treated in Ho Chi Minh City. Photo: HOANG LAN On June 13, through screening, Xuyen A Hospital discovered a positive person in Tan Phu Trung industrial zone (Cu Chi district). Continue to screen close contacts, family members, recorded 4 positive cases and 6 positive pool samples. In addition, through community screening, testing more than 1,500 workers staying in Binh Tan district working for PouYuen company, there were 2 positive cases. Binh said that in the coming time, the medical force will continue to strengthen measures to control the COVID-19 epidemic in the area, strengthen tracing investigation, thoroughly zoning out the epidemic, and testing on a large scale. high-risk areas to look for sources of infection. The authorities will tighten the streamlining and screening of patients who come for examination and treatment, especially paying attention to checking epidemiological factors, carefully screening people coming from such as places where COVID-19 cases have been recorded. , who have suspicious symptoms.

All stages from drawing up the design to processing are done by team members. Even, just doing it, team members also consult the community. The chamber is 1.2 m long, 2.4 m wide and 2.65 m high, enough for four medical staff to work together. Not only has the effect of cooling, this chamber also acts as a shield to protect medical staff when there is an air purification system and UV sterilization. The lights will be on for 8 minutes before the medical staff come to work. The cost to complete this product is both supported by team members and contributed by units and benefactors such as glass doors, air conditioners, germicidal lamps, etc. Mr. Khieu Huu Nghia – the group’s representative shared, when he and the whole group embarked on the implementation of this chamber, there were also many different opinions. Once completed, the sampling chamber will be moved to an isolation area in Bac Giang. After the medical staff use and give feedback, the team will proceed to further improve the details and features of the products. Besides Mr. Nghia’s group, in the past few days, another group of volunteers, former students of Thai Binh High School for the Gifted, are also providing training for the production of “experimental sampling cabins”. These are movable chamber models, which can be transported in different terrains. Each of these cabins will have 2 doctors sitting to take samples, measuring 1m long, 1m wide, 2m high, with air conditioning installed. Due to the advantages of available materials, these “test cabins” can be produced quickly and at low cost. The group plans to donate these cabins to the Hanoi CDC and Bac Giang epidemic center. Should be in the community In South Korea, this mobile testing booth was installed in March 2020, looks like a public phone booth. Each chamber is about 1m wide, about 2.5m high and weighs 230kg, with a medical staff working… This idea is considered very effective. Korean press, newspaper Korea Herald It is also reported that this mobile test chamber is being used in many places in Korea and countries such as Malaysia, Thailand, Japan, Italy and the Philippines. In the hot days of early June, when doctors and medical staff had to cope with the weather and overwork, many people thought of the idea of ​​making this laboratory in Vietnam. The social network even strongly shared the image of Korea’s “Covid-19 testing cabin” in which medical staff took samples without wearing hot protective gear, quite comfortably taking samples for Covid-19 testing for patients. citizen. The reason this image has been shared a lot is because of the recent hot sunny days, the image of medical staff wearing tight protective gear, exhausted from taking samples in the hot sun makes the community feel sorry and wish. There are solutions to help them out. On the morning of June 4, discuss with PV Infonet , Deputy Minister of Health Nguyen Truong Son said, “During very severe weather like the past time, the outdoor temperature to 39-40 degrees Celsius has greatly affected the health of medical staff, students, and health workers. employees working directly in the community. This is a great concern of the Standing Department.” Deputy Minister Nguyen Truong Son said that in Bac Giang, there was a plan to fix it by installing army field tents with an area of ​​​​12m2, with 4 windows, and an air conditioner inside. 4 medical staff taking samples still wearing protective gear stood out to take samples. In the context and conditions of Vietnam, Deputy Minister Nguyen Truong Son said that ‘the job of sampling cabins should only be done in the community. And at key points, if it is necessary to take samples at noon, on hot sunny days, there are tents.”

Tourists arrive at Phuket International Airport, Thailand. Documentary photo: AFP/VNA Phuket Tourism Association President Phumkit Raktaengam said on May 24 that 94,000 people working in the province’s tourism industry will be vaccinated against COVID-19. In addition, all people with household registration in the province are also subject to vaccination. Phuket has about 400,000 registered local residents. The island employs about 500,000 Thai and foreign workers in tourism and other businesses. Phuket’s vaccination program is expected to cover 70% of the population by the end of June so that it can reopen to foreign visitors in July. The resort island of Phuket will be the first Thai locality to reopen, followed by 10 other destinations in October. However, the Thai government only expects to welcome 500,000 foreign visitors this year. – a fraction of the 6.7 million visitors to the Southeast Asian country in 2020 and nearly 40 million in 2019. According to a forecast by the National Economic and Social Development Council (NESDC), the tourism industry, which accounted for one-fifth of the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) before the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, may have to It took 5 years, until 2026, to fully recover. Regarding the COVID-19 situation in Thailand, the number of deaths from COVID-19 in Thailand has surpassed 800, with 30 people recorded not dying on May 24. Since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, Thailand has recorded a total of 806 deaths out of a total of 132,213 people with COVID-19. The third COVID-19 outbreak since early April has accounted for nearly 80 percent of COVID-19 cases in Thailand and nearly 90 percent of all deaths so far. In recent days, Thailand has detected many COVID-19 outbreaks among construction workers in the capital Bangkok. Authorities last week also found 36 cases of a more contagious strain of the B.1.617.2 virus in construction workers’ quarters in Bangkok. On May 24, Thai officials confirmed a new COVID-19 outbreak at the construction site of an elevated tram line in Nonthaburi province bordering Bangkok. Test samples of 900 workers were taken on May 22 and confirmed results on May 24 showed that 519 workers were positive for COVID-19. Thai authorities say that most of the workers at the site are immigrants and will be quarantined at the site, while the Thai workers will be taken to a makeshift hospital. This construction site has been ordered to close since the evening of May 24.

Vice Chairman of the Provincial People’s Committee Doan Tan Buu, leaders of the Department of Health, CDC Dong Thap visited the testing process at CDC Dong Thap. (Photo: dongthap.gov.vn) Accordingly, the Director of the Pasteur Institute in Ho Chi Minh City under the Ministry of Health issued a decision to recognize the ability to confirm the SARS-CoV-2 virus by Realtime PCR (RT-PCR) for the Center for Disease Control and Prevention. Disease Control Department (Dong Thap CDC) and Dong Thap General Hospital. The laboratory for diagnosing SARS-CoV-2 by RT-PCR at these 2 units meets the biosafety standards level 2, facilities, equipment and human resources meet the standards prescribed by the Ministry of Health. Medical. To increase reliability, Dong Thap CDC and Dong Thap General Hospital performed a PCR test to diagnose COVID-19 (62 samples from Dong Thap CDC, 20 samples from Dong Thap General Hospital). As a result, 100% of the samples tested by the two units gave similar results to the Pasteur Institute in Ho Chi Minh City. In terms of testing capacity, on average, Dong Thap CDC and Dong Thap General Hospital are capable of testing from 250-300 samples/machine per day. In urgent conditions, the demand for testing is high, can be equipped with an automatic extractor to increase testing capacity. Previously, CDC Dong Thap only performed a screening test for SARS-CoV-2, if a positive case was suspected, the sample had to be transferred to the Pasteur Institute in Ho Chi Minh City for confirmatory testing. Comrade Doan Tan Buu – Vice Chairman of the Provincial People’s Committee emphasized that being recognized as having sufficient testing capacity to confirm the SARS-CoV-2 virus not only affirms the professional capacity of the 2 units, and meets the time schedule. time to identify COVID-19 cases, reducing dependence on upline. This is very important in helping Dong Thap proactively implement measures to trace, monitor, isolate as well as implement synchronous measures to prevent the COVID-19 epidemic.

Giving certificates to 343 citizens who completed centralized isolation. (Photo: Chanh Da/VNA) On the morning of May 13, Bac Lieu Province’s Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control awarded certificate of completion of medical isolation period for 343 Vietnamese citizens returning from Taiwan, China. This is the 14th quarantine period, also the first time that Bac Lieu province has implemented according to the express dispatch No. 600/CD-BCD dated May 5, 2021 of the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control. Previously, on the evening of April 21, two flights with the numbers BL141 and BL1163 brought 343 Vietnamese citizen Returned from Taiwan (China) and landed Can Tho International Airport . The citizens were taken by military vehicles of the Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control of Military Region 9 to a concentrated isolation facility in Student Housing Area, Ward 1, Bac Lieu City, operated by the Military Command. Bac Lieu province in charge. Most of the above-mentioned citizens are workers with expired contracts, elderly people, international students, pregnant women… stuck in Taiwan because airlines have stopped international flights due to international flights. COVID-19 epidemic . Bac Lieu Center for Disease Control took 343 test samples for the third time to send to the Pasteur Institute in Ho Chi Minh City on May 11, and on May 12, the Pasteur Institute announced the results, accordingly, all 343 citizens at the isolation facility are negative for SARS-CoV-2 and are in good health to certify completion of isolation./.

The quarantine area of ​​the National Defense and Security Training Center – which is concentrating on quarantine for citizens from Taiwan All of these citizens were allowed to take samples for Covid-19 as prescribed. By the afternoon of 10.5, the test results showed that 236/236 citizens were negative for the first time for SARS-CoV-2. Citizens will be kept on quarantine for a full 21 days and have at least 2 times tested negative for SARS-CoV-2 under the new regulation to be eligible to complete quarantine. Currently, the whole province is organizing isolating 417 people, isolated at home with 2,207 people. Of which, all 45 F1 cases related to Covid-19 cases inside and outside the province tested negative for SARS-CoV-2. The Health sector is coordinating with relevant agencies to urgently trace F1 and F2 subjects related to patients announced by the Ministry of Health. As of October 10, the province has vaccinated for 7,981 priority subjects, achieved nearly 93% of the target, ensuring vaccination safety.

On the afternoon of April 16, the Center for Disease Control of Nghe An province and the Nghe An Department of Health said that among 224 Vietnamese citizens returning to the country from Japan, there were two samples that were tested positive. calculated against SARS-CoV-2 virus. Citizens from Japan who flew back to Vinh airport after immigration procedures were taken to medical quarantine. These two people (a native of Phu Tho and one from Nghe An) returned from Narita Airport (Japan), and were immediately quarantined after they got off at Vinh airport (Vinh city, Nghe An). Both are being isolated at the quarantine area of ​​the Southwestern Nghe An Regional General Hospital. Previously, following the direction of the Government Office, Nghe An Provincial People’s Committee and the Nghe An Department of Health directed the Center for Disease Control in Nghe An province to send four working groups and one team (including medical staff and vehicles. ambulance) of Nghe An General Friendship Hospital, coordinated with working groups to welcome 224 citizens from Japan to Nghe An. Including 222 adults and 2 children. On the evening of April 14, flight number VJ7835 carried 224 citizens on the flight from Narita Airport (Japan) to Vinh airport. After entering, the medical quarantine team consisting of 9 staff conducted quarantine according to regulations for all 224 people. Team of environmental treatment, spraying chemical disinfectants for aircraft, luggage compartment, hand luggage. The medical team led the convoy to bring 224 people to isolation at Muong Thanh Con Cuong Hotel (Con Cuong district, Nghe An province) and conducted tests … Vehicles carrying citizens from Vinh Airport to the quarantine point. Results of 224 tests showed that two samples were positive for SARS-CoV-2 (Nghe An and Phu Tho people). Both of these two people are isolated in a room of the Muong Thanh Con Cuong Hotel. As soon as the test results of specialized vehicles were available, two people left the hotel room for isolation and treatment at the South West Region General Hospital of Nghe An. Nghe An health sector is investigating and tracing the above cases of positive contact to perform medical isolation. The Standing Committee of the Steering Committee for COVID-19 epidemic prevention in Nghe An province had an urgent meeting and together with Con Cuong district checked the treatment at the Southwestern Regional General Hospital; discussing, assessing the situation and implementing professional solutions related to COVID-19 epidemic prevention in Nghe An in the coming time.