Ba Ria – Vung Tau: Honoring the frontline force “on duty” against the Covid-19 epidemic

On the afternoon of May 6, the People’s Committee of Ba Ria – Vung Tau province (BRVT) held a ceremony to honor the forces to prevent and control the Covid-19 epidemic. At the commendation ceremony, the representative of the Provincial People’s Committee presented the Certificate of Merit from the Prime Minister to 6 collectives. In addition, the People’s Committee of BRVT province awarded certificates of merit to nearly 1,000 individuals and groups, including Newspaper reporters Vietnamese/Rural People Today.

Pham Minh An, Director of the BRVT Department of Health, said that from the end of June 2021, the Covid-19 epidemic began to show signs of spreading in the province, the source of infection from many different infection chains.

After that, the disease penetrated deeply into the community, creating many large infection chains, making it difficult to control the source of infection, especially in crowded places such as businesses, workers’ hostels, residential areas…

The BRVT health sector has 2,300 people involved in sampling for testing, epidemiological investigation, tracing, vaccination and treatment of Covid-19 patients. The police and military forces mobilized 5,750 officers and soldiers.

Localities established 3,927 community Covid groups with 9,420 participants, more than 1,200 self-managed groups with more than 2,150 people, and 84 medical stations. itinerant economy with 630 participants.

In addition, the press team inside and outside the province also actively publishes propaganda and information on the situation of tracing and fighting the epidemic, policies and regulations related to epidemic prevention, supporting F0, F1. to the people, to contribute part of raising the spirit of epidemic prevention in the whole people…

Up to now, the whole province of BRVT has more than 142,350 people have recovered from Covid-19 (reaching 99%), with nearly 1,300 cases being treated at home and hospitals. Regarding vaccination, more than 2.8 million doses of Covid-19 vaccine have been administered to people aged 12 and older, reaching 99% of the number of vaccines allocated by the Ministry of Health.

This time, the province is also deploying Covid-19 vaccine for children from 5 to 12 years old.

At the honoring ceremony, the representative of the BRVT Decontamination Team shared that the process of disinfection and sterilization took place very hard and difficult. Many officers and soldiers participating in the disinfection and sterilization were allergic to the drug, leading to skin blistering.

“At that time, we ate in a hurry and were thirsty and couldn’t drink because we didn’t dare to take off our protective gear, for fear of spreading the disease to ourselves and our teammates,” a representative of the disinfection and sterilization force shared.

Major Vu Huy Son, Police of BRVT province said: “I and other comrades all want to devote our efforts to work with other forces to repel the Covid-19 epidemic. We went to the Long Hai epidemic center to meet many people. hardships, rain and sun, suffering in protective suits, but for the sake of the people, we have tried our best to protect the peace of the people, especially the people of the people also appreciate the force and support sharing with you should feel even more heartwarming in the epidemic.”