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Hai Duong works hard to ensure safety of general elections amid COVID-19

The Standing Board of the Party Committee of Hai Duong province on May 20 asked for strengthening urgent measures to prevent and control the COVID-19 pandemic and ensure safety the upcoming elections of deputies to the 15th National Assembly (NA) and People's Councils at all levels for the 2021-2026 tenure.
Hai Duong works hard to ensure safety of general elections amid COVID-19 ảnh 1Vice Secretary of the provincial Party Committee Trieu The Hung inspects election preparation in the locality (Photo: VNA)

Hai Duong (VNA) – The Standing Board of the PartyCommittee of Hai Duong province on May 20 asked for strengthening urgentmeasures to prevent and control the COVID-19 pandemic and ensure safety theupcoming elections of deputies to the 15th National Assembly (NA) and People's Councils at all levels for the 2021-2026 tenure.

Accordingly, the locality has focused on leading, directing and organising theimplementation of COVID-19 prevention measures.

From 10:00 pm on May 20, local people were required to stay inside their homes unless leaving foressential purposes from 10 pm to 5 am of the next day.

Attention is also paid to communication activities related to the elections andCOVID-19 prevention work, especially at pollingstations.

Distancing regulations must be strictly followed withno more than 20 people gathering at polling stations at the same time, andvoters must have body temperature checked and be provided with handsanitizers.

Pandemic prevention and control systems in cities, districts and towns arerequired to be placed at the highest level of readiness, while thoseviolating COVID-19 prevention regulations must be punished strictly.

To contain thespread of COVID-19 infection from outside into the province, control will betightened at provincial-level checkpoints. Meanwhile, special working groupsfor COVID-19 prevention and control are tasked with strengthening measures at industrialparks in Kim Thanh district and Hai Duong city.

The provincial Departmentof Health was demanded to quickly increase testing capacity to 10,000 samplesper day, while the Hai Duong General Hospital was required to prepare humanresources for operating a COVID-19 treatment hospital in Chi Linh city.

According to the provincial Centre for Disease Control, Hai Duong recorded 22 COVID-19infections as of May 20. Those being quarantined totalled 11,156./. 
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