Absolutely pay attention to the Covid-19 epidemic

​Large-scale Covid-19 testing is implemented in order to early detect the F0 cases in the community.

Even if the people get 2 shots of the vaccine, they can get infection

Dr. Dong Minh Hung, Head of Infection Department of the Dong Nai General Hospital, said that in order to live safely with the Covid-19 epidemic, the people need to understand the transmission mechanism of the SARS-CoV-2 virus. As a result, they have the measures to protect themselves and people around them.

Currently, the province has nearly 1.8 million people vaccinated against the Covid-19 epidemic. In which, only nearly 100,000 people have been fully vaccinated with 2 doses of the vaccine; about 500,000 people aged 18 and over have not received the 1^st dose; and more than 2.1 million people have not received the 2^nd dose. Therefore, the people need to get vaccinated against the Covid-19 epidemic as soon as it is their turns without hesitating and choosing the kinds of vaccines. Vaccination is currently the most effective solution in order to prevent the Covid-19 epidemic.

However, according to Dr. Dong Minh Hung, even if the people have injected 1 dose or fully 2 doses of the vaccine, the people can still get the Covid-19 epidemic. But the serious illness will be greatly reduced and the risk of death is extremely low. In order to ensure safety, the people after being vaccinated against the Covid-19 epidemic should not be subjective, still have to strictly implement the 5K regulations, always wear a mask when going out on the street and keep a safe distance when contacting with other people. At the same time, they must practice the habit of washing their hands with a soap or disinfectant solution at the right time and limit touching their eyes, nose and mouth. The adults should also practice the habit of washing hands with the soap for children in order to limit the spreading of bacteria and viruses.

In addition, the people should regularly rinse their throat and nose daily, especially when meeting the strangers or coming their home from the crowded places such as the hospitals, schools, and supermarkets. Regularly doing the physical exercises and sports, and having the proper, scientific nutrition and rest are also ways to improve the body's resistance. As a result, if accidentally infected, the people with good resistance may not have symptoms of the epidemic or mild symptoms, so they can quickly recover from the epidemic.

The Director of the Department of Health Phan Huy Anh Vu said that the Department of Health has a document on encouraging the people to buy the medical instruments themselves and do the rapid test for SARS-CoV-2 antigen at home when necessary. In case of a positive rapid test result for SARS-CoV-2, the people need to calm down, self-isolate and immediately contact the Health Stations of communes and wards for supporting.

Vaccinating for the residents in Bien Hoa City

Avoiding the medical overloaded situation

According to the Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee Nguyen Hong Linh, after determining the exact location of the F0 cases, the authorized forces will focus on handling, zoning and tightly controlling it on a narrower scale, not because one or a few cases of the F0 have been located, the whole ward and commune must be isolated. The province will also have a roadmap to expand the green zones to the scale of hamlets and residential zones in order that people's lives are "getting better".

Therefore, the Provincial Leaders asked each ward, commune, district and city to accept having the F0 cases, but when the F0 cases are detected, they must be normally controled and treated without panicking and scaring as before. The health system must treat it very well in order to minimize the number of deaths. Accelerating vaccination achieves the community immunity in the soonest time and brings the production chain back to the new normal situation. When the vaccines are allocated, the localities must immediately inject the 2^nd dose for those who have injected the 1^st dose enough time.

The grassroots health systems in communes, wards and townlets must be consolidated in order to improve the operational efficiency. The private healthcares must go hand in hand with State healthcares to take care of the people's health and handle the risks in a normal way.

In order to improve the operational efficiency of the grassroots health systems, the Director of the Department of Health Phan Huy Anh Vu said that in the province, there are about one-third of the health stations that are well-invested in both the facilities, materials, equipments and machinery. However, there are many medical stations that are currently degraded and been lack of equipments. The health stations are the closest medical facilities to the people, especially in the remote and rural districts. Therefore, investing and upgrading the health stations in both quality and quantity is a solution to improve the quality of primary medical examination and treatment for the people. If the health stations work well, the people do not have to move to the upper levels, saving time and effort for the people. As a result, it will reduce the load on the upper-level hospitals.

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