Binh Thuan, August 18, 2020

QUICK REPORT

on COVID-19 situation

(updated to 16h00, 18/8/2020)

I. COVID-19 SITUATION

According to the report of the Infectious Disease Monitoring System of Ministry of Health, up to 15:00, 18/8/2020, current COVID-19 situation is as follows:

1. In the world

- Total: 22.062.533 cases; 777.668 deaths.

- Countries with high morbidity and mortality rates:

+ USA: 5.612.027 cases, 173.716  deaths;

+ Brazil: 3.363.235 cases, 108.654 deaths;

+ India: 2.706.450 cases, 51.955 deaths;

+ Russia: 927.745 cases, 15.740 deaths;

+ South Africa: 589.886 cases, 11.982 deaths;

- 215 countries, territories have reported confirmed cases of infection.

2. In Vietnam

- Total: 983 cases / 40 provinces, cities, in which:

+ Recovered and discharged: 472 cases.

+ Under treatment: 486 cases.

+ 25 deaths.

3. In Binh Thuan province

Up to now, Binh Thuan province has been recorded for 158 consecutive days without any case of COVID-19 infection.

Currently, the number of cases under centralized quarantine at the treatment faciclities and centralized isolation faciclities is 08 cases, all them are in stable health. In which:

- Quarantined in treatment faciclites: 08 cases.

+ Provincial General Hospital: 01 cases.

+ Tanh Linh Medical Center: 03 cases.

+ Ham Tan Medical Center: 01 cases.

+ Tuy Phong Medical Center: 01 cases.

• Quarantined in centralized isolation facilities: 02 cases.

Ham Thuan Nam Center for Continuing – Vocational Education: 02 case.

II. DEPLOYMENT OF DISEASE PREVENTION IN BINH THUAN

1. Directions of Central Government, Provincial Party Committee, Provincial People’s Committee, Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control.

2. Deployment results from 16:00, 17/8/2020 to now

2.1. Steering works

2.2. Professional works

- Number of test samples taken from 16:00, 17/8/2020 to 16:00, 18/8/2020 is 09 with result (accumulated 1007 samples).

- Number of test samples taken in the day is 19 with negative result (accumulated 1005 tested samples with negative results).

- Number of people from those provincies and cities recorded infections according to the Ministry of Health to Binh Thuan province from 16:00, 17/8/2020 to 16:00, 18/8/2020 is 37 (accumulated 3.427 cases), and they are all closely monitored and supervised by the heal agencies, in which: 06 cases are quaranted at treament facilites, 02 cases are quaranted at central isolation facilities, 621 cases are quaranted at homes. Currently, 2.798 cases has passed quarantine time.

1.3. Propaganda works

- Continuing to propagate the situation of acute respiratory infections caused by Covid-19 in the entire province on website of the Department of Health, Binh Thuan Health information page, Newspapers, Provincial Radio and Television Station.

- Binh Thuan Radio – Television Station has informed and propagated 2 news and 01 report on COVID-19 prevention and control in morning, afternoon, evening news on radio and television chanels, namely: updates on COVID-19 situation in the morning and afternoon of 18/8/2020; Binh Thuan people taking tours localy for desease prevention; in addition, the radio channel conducted  3 times of broadcast trailer, the television channel conducted 7 times of broadcast trailer.

- Coordinating with the Provincial Public Security Department to continuously monitor the information on social networks to promply rectify and handle any case of inaccurace, false or untrue information on the epidemic.

- Facebooks of Binh Thuan Propagandation, Binh Thuan Hometown, Binh Thuan Blue Sea, Binh Thuan Information, Youth Union of provincial agencies and enterprises, and other individual facebooks: informing the quick report of test results on 17/8 of Binh Thuan province with 01 negative samples.

2.4. Deployment results of epidemic prevention by departments, agencies, localities and the management of tourists in Binh Thuan

2.4.1. Departments and agencies

- By reviewing the data from the provincial Immigration Department and the tourist accommodation establishments, as of 18/8/2020, Binh Thuan received about 2.010  guests (decreases 120 guests compared to 17/8/2020), including: about 1.410 domestic visitors, 600 international visitors such as Russia: 189, Germany: 15, France: 32, USA: 37, Ukraine: 20, UK: 20.  

- Continuing to review and conduct medical declarations for civil servants, public employees, employees and their families and relatives who have contacted or returned from epidemic areas; and for cases of going back from epidemic areas have made local medical declarations and passed quarantine time in accordance with instructions and regulations.

2.4.2. People’s Committee of districts, towns and cities

- Continue to direct units and localities to strengthen the communication,  and monitoring health at home, conducting medical declaration for cases coming back home from abroad and epidemic areas in order to have timely solutions to avoid spreading the epidemic to the community.

- Continue to direct functional units to strengthen the inspection and examination to prohibit speculation and accumulation of essential goods, medical supplies, strictly handle the speculation, goods hoarding, price increases, causing market instability in accordance with the laws.

III. IDENTIFICATION OF EPIDEMIC DEVELOPMENT IN THE COMING TIME

Over 158 days, Binh Thuan province has had no new case (from March 12 to now). However, the epidemic development is still very complicated. Currently, Vietnam has total 983 cases of COVID-19 infection, there are many cases of infection in the community with 25 deaths. Therefore, it is required that we are absolutely  not be subjective, neglected, out of guard, and always ready at the highest level, especially for the forces directly engaged in epidemic prevention and control.

IV. WORKS TO BE CONTINUATED IN THE PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF EPIDEMIC

- Implement strictly Announcement no 300/TB-VPCP dated 14/8/2020 of the Government Office on the Conclusion of Prime Minister - Nguyen Xuan Phuc at the Standing meeting of the Government on COVID-19 prevention and control.

- Implement seriously the Announcement No. 1067/TB-VPTU dated 28/7/2020 of the Provincial Party Committee Office on the Conclusion of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee on urgent direction of measures for COVID-19 prevention and control; Official Dispatch No. 1810-CV/TU dated 30/7/2020 of Binh Thuan Provincial Party Committee on strengthening leadership in Covid-19 prevention and control, and Official Dispatch No. 2983/UBND-KGVXNV dated 07/8/2020 of the Provincial People's Committee on continuing to strengthen measures for COVID-19 prevention and control in the new situation.

- Reviewing and listing of all cases in the area that have ever traveled to Da Nang city and other provinces with epidemic outbreaks to screen and verify at-risk cases for organizing appropriate medical isolation according to the guidance of the National Steering Committee and the Ministry of Health; taking samples for early detection of infected cases to avoid spreading the disease to the community and request all of these cases to conduct immediately the medical declaration for monitoring and updating of health status.

                                              DEPUTY HEAD OF COMMITTEE

                                                                    //Signed//

                                     DIRECTOR OF DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

                                                             Nguyen Quoc Viet