Tien Giang: To strengthen measures to prevent and control Covid-19

ABO – Chairman of Tien Giang People's Committee Le Van Huong chaired an online conference to prevent and control new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) with the steering committee of city, towns and districts, on March 16.

Chairman of Tien Giang People's Committee Le Van Huong speaks at the conference. Photo: thtg.vn

According to Tien Giang Department of Health, up to now, the province has not detected any infected people. There are not people with fever from China, Korea, Italy and Iran entered Vietnam within 14 days; particularly 380 people in medical isolation at Tien Giang Military School will have enough isolation time 14 days as prescribed and will return home on March 18.

At the meeting, departments, agencies and localities also reported the situation of Covid-19 prevention, suggesting many solutions to control and prevent the Covid-19 epidemic in the province including the implementation of medical examination and streaming for respiratory diseases of Tien Giang General Hospital.

Chairman of Tien Giang People's Committee Le Van Huong praised the efforts of sectors, levels and localities in the prevention and control of Covid-19. By this time, Tien Giang has well implemented the prevention and control of epidemics.

However, because the current situation of the Covid-19 epidemic is still complicated so he suggested that branches and levels should continue to focus on better implementation of prevention and control, in which noticeable. is the rapid promotion of the establishment of a field hospital at level 1; at the same time, strengthening preventive medical equipment.

Regarding the decision to require the tourism business establishments in Tien Giang province to suspend receiving tourists, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee proposed to continue strictly implementing this regulation.

He assigned Tien Giang Department of Culture - Sports and Tourism, the Provincial Department of Information and Communications to coordinate with the Provincial Party Committee for Propaganda and Education to enhance information propaganda, raising awareness and taking action to protect health for individuals as well as community.

He also requested the standing committee of the steering committee to maintain daily press conference to provide information on the situation and orientations for handling epidemic prevention and control situations.

(According to thtg.vn – Translated by HUU CHI)