On the afternoon of August 5th, Khanh Hoa Provincial People's Committee held a press conference on the socio-economic situation in the first seven months of 2021 and the prevention and control of the Covid-19 epidemic in the province. Mr. Dinh Van Thieu - Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee attended the meeting.
At the press conference, the representative of the Provincial People's Committee provided some key information about the province's socio-economic situation in the first seven months of 2021 and the prevention and control of the Covid-19 epidemic in the province. At the same time, the province also appreciates the reflections and recommendations of reporters and journalists related to a number of issues: Pay attention and promptly provide journalists and reporters the information on epidemic prevention and control in the localities of province. Publicize documents and information on the socio-economic situation, especially the epidemic prevention and control work on the websites of localities at district and commune levels. Adjusting the confusion in the implementation of the province's epidemic suppression measures, ensuring flexibility, suitable to the actual situation of each locality and region. Strengthen patrol forces, control and strictly handle cases of people and officials who not to comply with regulations on epidemic prevention and control. Inform the capacity of trace, test and treatment of Covid-19 patients in the province. The solution not only ensures production and business activities, but also ensures safety for epidemic prevention and control. Plan to supply food in case of continuing to prolong Directive No. 16/CT-TTg in localities in the province. Accelerate the payment of support for those affected by the Covid-19 epidemic according to the Government's Resolution No. 68/NQ-CP dated July 1st 2021 and Decision No. 23/2021/QD-TTg dated July 7th 2021 of the Prime Minister; publicize the list of above beneficiaries. Solutions to support farmers and fishermen to consume products during the implementation of social distancing. The route of vaccination against Covid-19 for teachers at all levels to prepare for the new school year 2021-2022…
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The issue of tracing, testing and treating people with Covid-19 is interested by many journalists and reporters. Illustrative photo.
Speaking at the press conference, Mr. Dinh Van Thieu thanked the contributions of the press agencies and the companionship of organizations, businesses and people in disease prevention and control. At the same time, from now until August 15th Khanh Hoa province will try to control the epidemic in the area... For the recommendations of journalists and reporters, the Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee assigned the Khanh Hoa Department of Information and Communication, People's Committees of districts, towns and cities are interested in providing information on the situation of the Covid-19 epidemic to journalists and reporters to promptly propagate, create consensus and unite the people together with Party committees and authorities at all levels to soon push back the epidemic. The provincial Department of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs announces on the portals of communes and wards a list of supporting workers and employers affected by the epidemic for people to monitor. The relevant departments and branches answer and overcome the concerns of the press…
According to the report of the Provincial People's Committee, in the first 7 months of 2021, due to affected by the Covid-19 epidemic, economic indicators of Khanh Hoa continued to decrease or only increased slightly compared to the same period in 2020. Specifically, only industrial production index decreased by 1.83%; tourism revenue decreased by 55.2%; total fishery output decreased by 7%; state budget revenue was 8,294.3 billion VND, up 0.3%; total sales of consumer goods and services increased by only 0.9%; Export turnover of goods increased by 6.5%... From the beginning of the year until now, the Provincial People's Committee has also promptly directed and implemented many strong, drastic and appropriate measures to strengthen prevention and control the Covid-19 epidemic. Actively support and remove difficulties for production and business activities affected by the epidemic; fully implement social security and social welfare regimes as prescribed; national security and defense are maintained.
As for the prevention and control of the Covid-19 epidemic, since the 4th epidemic outbreak (June 23rd), the number of new cases in the community in Khanh Hoa has continuously increased. Specifically, as of 12 o'clock on August 5th, the province had 2,916 positive cases of SARS-CoV-2 (of which: Ninh Hoa town has 1,404 cases; Nha Trang city has1,228 cases; Van Ninh district has125 cases; Cam Lam district has 65 cases; Cam Ranh city has 21 cases; Dien Khanh district has 67 cases; Khanh Vinh district has 5 cases; Khanh Son district has 1 case); 836 people have been cured of the disease; 22 people died. Currently, Ninh Hoa town has basically controlled the epidemic and in recent days there have been no new cases in the community. However, Nha Trang city is currently the most at-risk locality with many cases in the community. In addition, Dien Khanh and Cam Lam districts are also in the high-risk group.
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