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Soldiers will be sent to support Binh Duong with COVID-19 prevention

The Ministry of National Defence will send 2,000 soldiers to help with COVID-19 prevention and control efforts in southern Binh Duong province.
Soldiers will be sent to support Binh Duong with COVID-19 prevention ảnh 1The soldiers prepare food to deliver to residents in Binh Duong province. (Photo baochinhphu.vn)
Binh Duong (VNA) - The Ministry of National Defence will send 2,000 soldiers tohelp with COVID-19 prevention and control efforts in southern Binh Duong province.

LieutenantGeneral Ngo Minh Tien, Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People’sArmy, said at a meeting with Binh Duong’s leaders that the ministrywill send 50 mobile health centres to 11 ‘red zones’ and 15 ambulances to BinhDuong to help the province’s pandemic prevention and control work.

Binh Duong isthe province with the second-highest COVID-19 cases in the fourth wave of thepandemic in Vietnam, exceeding 86,000 infections. The number of COVID patientsis forecast to increase in the next two weeks as the province will perform thethird round of large-scale testing.

The provincehas proposed the Government provide support by sending around 50 intensive caredoctors, 50 specialised doctors, 100 experienced intensive care nurses, 100nurses and technicians, 10 invasive ventilators and 20 non-invasiveventilators, four mobile X-ray machines and 100 hand-held SPO2 meters formeasuring oxygen saturation.

Binh Duong provincehas also assigned the Department of Industry and Trade to coordinate withlocalities to provide food and essentials for more than 719,000 residentsin ‘red zones’.

Each bag ofessentials is worth 50,000 VND (2.2 USD) per person a day. This is to ensurefood and necessities for people and workers who are affected by the COVID-19pandemic.

The province’sFatherland Front Committee has received support with an amount of 510 billionVND (22.4 million USD), of which over 218 billion VND (9.5 million USD) in cashand nearly 300 billion VND (13.1 million USD) in medical facilities, food andnecessities.

Up to now, theprovince has supported nearly 1.4 million people related to the supportpolicies of the Government and the province, the total amount is nearly 760billion VND (33.3 million USD)

According to BinhDuong province’s Steering Committee for Pandemic Prevention and Control, thecoordination between the Military and Public Security forces has beenimplemented to ensure and maintain security and social order in key checkpoints in the province, especially 11 ‘red zones’ for 15 days./.
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