HOT: Ho Chi Minh City has 15 days of social distancing across the city from 0:00 on May 31

The President of Ho Chi Minh City decided to social distance the whole city according to Directive 15, Go Vap District and Thanh Loc Ward (District 12) according to Directive 16, from 0:00 on May 31.

The decision was made by Chairman of the City People’s Committee Nguyen Thanh Phong at a press conference on Covid-19 prevention, on the morning of May 30, in the morning of May 30, Ho Chi Minh City recorded 126 infections related to the interpretation of the Renaissance Missionary Church. in Go Vap district.

Directive 15 requires the cessation of gatherings of more than 20 people; do not gather 10 people or more outside offices, schools, hospitals; temporarily suspending non-essential services, only goods and essential services will be open… However, the city’s People’s Committee Chairman suggested the health sector study to focus on public places of less than 5 people. The distance applies from 0:00 on May 31

For Go Vap District and Thanh Loc Ward (District 12), from 0:00 on May 31, a 15-day rest period will be applied according to Directive 16. The principle of this directive is “separation from clans and villages. neighborhood”. isolated village, isolated commune from commune, isolated district from district, isolated province from province”.

Workshops and factories must maintain a safe distance, wear masks, disinfect and disinfect according to regulations.

People stay at home, only go out if absolutely necessary such as buying food, medicine, emergency; or work at factories, manufacturing facilities, service facilities, essential goods (places not closed, closed) and other emergencies.

People must strictly observe the distance of at least 2 m when communicating; do not gather more than 2 people outside of offices, schools, hospitals and in public places.

Go Vap is an inner city district, with an area of ​​19.7 km2, a population of more than 676,000 (statistics in 2019), only after the most populous district in the city is Binh Tan. The district borders Tan Binh, Phu Nhuan, Binh Thanh, Hoc Mon and 12. This is the gateway connecting the city center with Binh Duong, Dong Nai, Tay Ninh… via Nguyen Kiem, Nguyen Oanh and Dai Han highways. , access to Tan Son Nhat airport and north-south railway.

District 12 borders Go Vap district, population more than 620,000, of which Thanh Loc ward has nearly 42,000 people.

People must strictly observe the distance of at least 2 m when communicating; do not gather more than 2 people outside of offices, schools, hospitals and in public places.

Go Vap is an inner city district, with an area of ​​19.7 km2, a population of more than 676,000 (statistics in 2019), only after the most populous district in the city is Binh Tan. The district borders Tan Binh, Phu Nhuan, Binh Thanh, Hoc Mon and 12. This is the gateway connecting the city center with Binh Duong, Dong Nai, Tay Ninh… via Nguyen Kiem, Nguyen Oanh and Dai Han highways. , access to Tan Son Nhat airport and north-south railway.

District 12 borders Go Vap district, population more than 620,000, of which Thanh Loc ward has nearly 42,000 people.

Previously, the report at the meeting of the Director of the HCM City Department of Health Nguyen Tan Binh proposed the distance according to Directive 16 wards 3, 5, 9, 11, 14, 15, Go Vap and Thanh Loc wards, district 12. are places where there are cases related to the infection chain of the Renaissance Mission Church, the risk of transmission is very high.

“Currently, Ho Chi Minh City has 13 cases per million people. This is an alarming situation,” Mr. Binh assessed.

Worryingly, the virus that causes disease related to the Renaissance Mission Church belongs to variant B.1.617.2 from India. This variant is assessed for its ability to infect 1.7 times faster than other nCoV strains, and can spread quickly in the air in a closed environment. According to HCDC, nearly 39,000 people in Ho Chi Minh City are related to the missionary epidemic cluster. Some members of this church, during the investigation and tracing, made dishonest statements, which increased the risk of the epidemic.

Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee Nguyen Thanh Phong said that the city is currently blocking 47 points. In the past few days, when implementing the directive of the People’s Committee of Ho Chi Minh City on epidemic prevention, some places have not done well. If the role of the community Covid-19 team could be promoted, the outbreak at the Renaissance Mission Church in Go Vap district would not have been as bad as it is now.

“They gathered in large numbers without wearing masks, but wards and neighborhoods did not detect them early,” Phong said, noting that the district would strengthen the role of the community Covid-19 team, if a similar situation were to happen. will consider the responsibility of the head.

The outbreak at the Renaissance Mission Church in alley 415 Nguyen Van Cong street, Go Vap district broke out on May 26, after the city’s health sector recorded 3 cases of infection at Gia Dinh Hospital. Up to now, after 4 days, there have been 136 (3 cases in Long An, Tay Ninh, Bac Lieu) positive cases related to this outbreak. This is the largest outbreak in Ho Chi Minh City after epidemics.

According to a report by the Department of Health, from the beginning of 2020 until now, Ho Chi Minh City has recorded 379 cases, of which 177 are infected in the community, the rest are imported cases. Currently 266 cured cases, 142 new and suspected cases, are being treated.

(Source : Vietnamnet.vn)