Ho Chi Minh City is a dynamic and bustling city in the country, but during the time of implementing the distance according to the principle of Directive 16 to prevent the COVID-19 epidemic, everything has been reversed. Shops are closed, the streets are empty, medical isolation lines are spread all over the way. After 4 months of efforts to prevent the COVID-19 epidemic, Ho Chi Minh City has begun to transform into a new month.
These days, walking around the streets of Ho Chi Minh City such as: Nguyen Tri Phuong, Su Van Hanh, To Hien Thanh... you can see that many shops have lights up, the streets are starting to get busier. Some shops, in addition to accepting orders from shippers, now allow people to order their own dishes in the form of take-out. Besides food services, most of the traditional markets have reopened, helping many goods to have prices almost back before the lockdown.
Along with that, many other activities and services such as hair cutting, car repair, phone repair, etc. have also been bustling again to serve the needs of the people. After more than 3 months of strict distancing, the easing of the controlled distance to live safely with the COVID-19 epidemic has made the market in Ho Chi Minh City more vibrant, with more goods and essential items. prices are stabilizing again.
Although it has not returned to the way it was before the epidemic, Ho Chi Minh City is gradually regaining its vitality and promises to continue to return to be the most vibrant economic and cultural center in the country with the unanimous determination of the people. people and local government.
Positive signs in the treatment of COVID-19 in Ho Chi Minh City
It is a good sign that the city's efforts to fight the epidemic have paid off - within a week of implementing Directive 18 of Ho Chi Minh City, the number of new COVID-19 cases has decreased deeply and is always lower than the number of recovered patients. institute. The number of deaths per day remained at double digits.
The graph showing the number of new cases in Ho Chi Minh City in the past 1 week shows that the first day of October is at the highest level, the following days tend to decrease. This means that the number of severe cases that have to be transferred to higher levels is gradually decreasing, and the pressure at COVID-19 resuscitation centers is relieved. The total number of severe cases (requiring oxygen and mechanical ventilation) in treatment floors is decreasing. In particular, the number of recovered cases is always higher than the number of new cases. Some days even 3-4 times higher.
Regarding the number of deaths, only 2 days exceeded 100 cases. However, because the number of severe cases on the 3rd floor is still high, the death rate on this floor will still fluctuate at a high level. Ho Chi Minh City is actively preparing for the gradual withdrawal of support personnel. Accordingly, every day, the Department of Health organizes briefings between 3 treatment floors to improve capacity as well as train and train to be ready to take on the job. Hospitals at city and district level will be returned to function according to the schedule.
Commendation of anti-epidemic support forces
When the number of patients decreases, it is also time for anti-epidemic forces in many provinces and cities to return home. Leaving Ho Chi Minh City to return to the locality, a doctor wrote, if Hanoi is the heart, the Central region is the intestine, after the pandemic, Ho Chi Minh City can be compared to a lung, but let that lung be. healthy thousands of people are ready to go so that today the city named after Uncle Uncle has gradually controlled the epidemic. In response to that sentiment of thousands of volunteers, on the morning of October 8, Ho Chi Minh City held a ceremony to commend, reward and show gratitude to individuals, groups and frontline forces of the working groups of the Ministry of Education and Training. National Defense, Ministry of Public Security, Ministry of Health and localities have come to the city to support epidemic prevention and control.
City leaders expressed their respect and thanked the reinforcements for not being afraid of dangers and difficulties, standing shoulder to shoulder with the city during the peak time of anti-epidemic. 55 collectives were awarded certificates of merit and 115 individuals were awarded badges for their active and effective contributions to the city's epidemic prevention and control. Over the past 100 days, more than 30,000 people including doctors, nurses, medical staff, officials, soldiers and armed forces have always tried their best on the front lines against the epidemic and successfully completed their tasks assigned.
Reference as Vtv