Ho Chi Minh City: 1,200 vaccination teams, each team strives for 200 injections/day
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In the morning of August 1st, the mobile COVID-19 vaccination team started to deploy in Thu Duc City to quarantine areas and blockade neighborhoods - Photo: DUYEN PHAN
On August 1, Chairman of Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee Nguyen Thanh Phong signed an urgent document on continuing to apply social distancing measures in the spirit of Directive No. 16 for an additional 14 days from 0:00 on August 2.
Accordingly, the City People's Committee requires localities to direct the implementation of strong, drastic and effective measures in accordance with the direction of the City People's Committee in Official Dispatch No. city-wide social distancing in the spirit of directive 16).
Do not spontaneously return home
Direction highlight to continue implementing this distance, Chairman of the City People's Committee Nguyen Thanh Phong requested localities to strictly control and immediately implement necessary support measures in life and health. so that people can feel secure "who is where there"
Do not let people move out of Ho Chi Minh City until the time of isolation is over, except in cases where the City People's Committee coordinates with the provinces to take them home on demand. Thus, according to this regulation, spontaneous of riding motorbikes from Ho Chi Minh City to other provinces will not be allowed.
In addition, the City People's Committee requested to continue strictly implementing measures to reduce traffic density. In particular, the City People's Committee request Thu Duc city to speed up the vaccination schedule; strive for an injection team to inject at least 200 people/day; Depending on the conditions, it is possible to organize the injection after 18h, organizing mobile injection teams.
At the same time, organize to ensure the timely supply and support of food and food for all the poor workers, who have lost their income, have no reserves, especially people in the blockade areas; Don't let any people go hungry…
Many adjustments to vaccination strategies
Also on August 1, it was noted that vaccination work in Ho Chi Minh City had many adjustments to help speed up vaccination.
In Thu Duc City, mobile vaccination teams traveling on cars and motorbikes and 40 quick response teams (34 teams in wards and 6 teams in Thu Duc City) organized vaccinations to each neighborhood and alley. , even blockade areas. In which, it is estimated that each mobile car can inject with a capacity of 200 doses (times)/day.
Chairman of Thu Duc City People's Committee Hoang Tung affirmed that Thu Duc City is focusing on vaccination for priority subjects according to the guidance of the Ministry of Health and the direction of the People's Committee of Ho Chi Minh City.
In the immediate future, mobile vaccination teams will focus on vaccinating people and frontline forces against epidemics in isolation and blockade areas; the elderly, sick, people who cannot go to the injection site on their own; disadvantaged people...
Not only that, recorded at other injection sites, on August 1, relatives of frontline participants in the fight against the epidemic were a priority to vaccinate.
At the injection point Le Anh Xuan Secondary School (Phu Tho Hoa Ward, Tan Phu district), the functional provided vaccination to the medical staff at the Phu Tho Hoa ward health station. The stages of organizing injections take place in an orderly and orderly manner, ensuring the distance. People who go to inject will stick on their shirt the "card for vaccination on August 1" provided by the Steering Committee for Disease Prevention and Control of Tan Phu District previously.
Reference as Tuoi Tre Online