The prevention of epidemics with people returning home to celebrate Tet needs to follow the 5K principle instead of excessive epidemic prevention, spontaneously applying inappropriate isolation measures, not following the policy of safe adaptation.
Only 2 weeks left until the 2022 Lunar New Year, workers start planning to return to their hometown for Tet holiday.
Concerned about the epidemic area, Many localities have campaigned, written open letters urging people not to return to their hometown if not necessary, or asked to isolate at home like some areas in Thanh Hoa, Vinh Phuc, Son La, Quang Nam, Yen Bai and Hung. Yen…
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People return to Hanoi after the New Year holiday. Photo: Dinh Hieu |
The “one style of each place” is causing difficulties for people, especially workers far from their hometown who just want to return to their families every New Year to Spring. .
For people living and working in Hanoi, many people find it difficult to understand the regulations in their hometown.
Hometown Thanh Hoa city – where there is an open letter calling on people to temporarily not return to their hometown unless absolutely necessary, Ms. Tran Thi Thanh (residing in Mai Dich ward, Cau Giay district – is currently a level 3 area). know, due to the epidemic, the family could not return to their hometown to visit their parents for the whole year; That’s why there’s no reason why Tet won’t come back.
“Those who have returned from overseas have tested negative and given enough vaccinations, they are only isolated for 3 days, but still People in the country who have had enough injections and tested negative must be isolated at home for 7 days. This is inconsistent,” said Ms. Thanh.
According to Ms. Thanh, the epidemic situation is still complicated, the local thing to do is to ask people to return to their hometown to strictly implement 5K. , not discrimination.
She also thinks that the Government should have a unified direction with all provinces, creating conditions for returning home to celebrate Tet.
Mr. Nguyen Van Binh (resident in Nam Tu Liem district), a native of Hung Yen said: “I can’t understand why the localities have issued such regulations?”
According to him, the Government issued Resolution 128 on safe and effective adaptation to the Covid-19 epidemic, which eased all activities including travel and risk control. Therefore, the locality cannot “prevent the river from banning the market”, mobilizing or issuing regulations is to make it difficult for people to return to their hometown during Tet.
Only isolate and test for cases prescribed by the Ministry of Health
Relating to the On this topic, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Tran Dac Phu, former Director of the Department of Preventive Medicine (Ministry of Health), said that for the isolation and testing of people from other localities, the Ministry of Health has specific regulations. .
Accordingly, testing is not indicated for people’s travel, only for cases coming from areas with level 4 epidemic or medical isolation. in the area (blockade) and suspected cases such as fever, cough, difficulty breathing… or there is an indication for epidemiological investigation coming from an epidemic area at level 3.
“In Ha Noi There is no area in Hanoi that is at level 4. Hanoi travels between regions normally, why are you worried and discriminated against?”, Mr. Tran Dac Phu commented.
He said that even with Hanoi, despite having a high number of infections, it is also a place with a high rate of vaccine coverage, with mostly mild cases. Therefore, localities should absolutely not worry, discriminate… and need to create conditions for people and workers in big cities to go home to celebrate Tet.
Song, he also Note, during the time of returning home to celebrate Tet, people should not neglect disease prevention measures, must do well 5K everywhere, everywhere, see if it is safe to go home or not, be able to travel. or not, choose means to ensure safety for epidemic prevention and control.
Also, limit contact with crowds, go to unnecessary places, and do not organize crowded activities. unnecessary people, do not organize family meals, limit visits and gatherings…
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Tran Dac Phu added, Hanoi is still under control of the epidemic. The number of infections has increased, but mainly mild cases, severe cases and low mortality. The scenario Hanoi is implementing is reasonable.
However, the epidemic is still complicated and unpredictable, people must not be negligent and subjective because Hanoi is a high-risk area; need to pay attention to epidemic prevention before, during and after Tet, avoid large gatherings, do well 5K…
Huong Quynh
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