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Dutch Lady, Yomost and Frisco donate milk to outbreak-hit Hai Duong Province

February 20, 2021 by bizhub.vn

FrieslandCampina Viet Nam’s Dutch Lady, Yomost and Frisco brands have donated 35,500 glasses of milk worth VND420 million (US$18,250) to the Hai Duong Children’s Hospital and quarantine centres in the province. — Photo courtesy of FrieslandCampina Viet Nam

FrieslandCampina’s Dutch Lady, Yomost and Frisco brands have donated 35,500 glasses of milk worth VND420 million (US$18,250) to the Hai Duong Children’s Hospital and quarantine centres in the province, the country’s COVID-19 epicentre.

Ta Thuy Ha, marketing director of FrieslandCampina Vietnam, said the gift would help improve frontline medical staff and quarantined people’s resistance against the virus.

The Viet Nam Women’s Union said people in quarantine, especially elderly people and children, are vulnerable both physically and mentally, and the gift would be meaningful for them.

The donation is part of the ‘Better Nutrition For The World, We Care We Share’ programme the company launched last year when the pandemic broke out in Viet Nam to express its gratitude to the community.

Earlier Dutch Lady and Yomost donated 42,000 glasses of milk worth VND320 million ($13,900) to frontline medical staff in the northern province of Quang Ninh, where too there is an outbreak.

Social distancing measures have been imposed since February 16, according to the Hai Duong Centre for Disease Control.

The province has recorded nearly 600 cases as of Saturday morning (Feb 20) since the outbreak began in late January, the centre said. — VNS

TH Group presents milk and drinks in Hai Duong and Quang Ninh

February 2, 2021 by www.vir.com.vn

On January 31, right after the resurgence of COVID-19, TH Group has given its fresh milk with the brand name of TH true MILK and Dalatmilk, and fruit juice drinks branded TH true JUICE to residents fighting against the pandemic in isolation areas and field hospitals in these two provinces, with 144,000 milk glasses for Hai Duong, 48,000 glasses for Quang Ninh, and 9,600 glasses for the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control.

In Hai Duong, more than 5,000 are being isolated due to the health crisis, in addition to thousands of health staff performing their duties. On average, each person in isolation areas and field hospitals will be granted 20 milk glasses during 20 days of isolation.

th group presents milk and drinks in hai duong and quang ninh

A representative from Hai Duong province receives gift from TH Group

Vu Thi Hien, chairwoman of Chi Linh city’s Fatherland Front Committee in Hai Duong, said that these gifts are extremely significant, helping improve health for recipients.

Earlier in August 2020, TH Group also conferred 24,000 TH true JUICE products to six hospitals and 12 clinics and epidemic control centres in Hai Duong.

Meanwhile in Quang Ninh, upon receiving TH Group’s gifts, Hoang Duc Hanh, vice chairman of the provincial Fatherland Front Committee, said that in 2020 the province had also received such gifts from TH Group, and the same has been true for now.

“We highly appreciate the group’s heart and we will distribute the gifts to the hotspots with COVID-19 in the province,” Hanh said.

He said the milk products will be sent to isolation areas such as Halong city, No.2 Field Hospital, Van Don district, and Dong Trieu town.

A representative from Quang Ninh provincial Fatherland Front Committee receiving the gift from TH Group

Since March 2020 when COVID-19 began to appear in Vietnam, TH Group has been the first firm to expedite activities to support localities and the government in fighting the health crisis, with the first programme offering one million milk glasses and medical ventilators.

In July, the group also offered another 75,000 million milk glasses and assorted drinks to the central region, Hai Duong province, and the southernmost province of Ca Mau.

The total value of the gifts since March 2020 has been more than VND20 billion ($869,565).

Two more Covid-19 infection cases reported in Hai Duong

March 25, 2021 by dtinews.vn

Three Vietnamese people have tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 including two from the Covid-19 hotspot of Hai Duong Province, raising the total number of patients in the country to 2,579, the Ministry of Health reported on Thursday evening.

According to the ministry’s report, the two new patients in Hai Duong Province are a 31-year-old woman and her three-year-old daughter who live in Kim Thanh District. They both had close contact with a person who was previously confirmed as Covid-19 patient.

The other patient is a 44-year-old woman who returned from the US to Tan Son Nhat International Airport in HCM City on March 22. She was sent to a local quarantine area upon arrival and tested positive for coronavirus in his second testing on March 24.

The patient is now being treated at the Cu Chi Field Hospital for Covid-19 patients.

With these new infection cases, the number of Covid-19 patients in Vietnam has increased to 2,579, including 910 locally-transmitted cases reported since the new outbreak started in Hai Duong on January 28. Hai Duong Province alone has recorded 726 cases.

As of 6 pm on March 25, a total of 2,265 Covid-19 patients had recovered and been discharged from hospital. There have been 35 deaths, most of them being the elderly with serious underlying diseases.

At present, nearly 40,000 people who had close contact with Covid-19 patients or returned from virus-hit areas are being monitored at hospitals, quarantine facilities, and at home.

Hai Duong to embrace new normal following outbreak control

March 29, 2021 by e.vnexpress.net

The move came as the northern province, around 60 kilometers east of Hanoi, has successfully contained its outbreaks, with many areas having recorded no community transmissions for the past 20 days.

All lockdowns across Hai Duong have been lifted.

From April 1, all students from kindergarten to high school levels will be allowed to resume class after more than a month staying at home as a precautionary measure against the spread of the novel coronavirus.

Restaurants, food stalls and cafes are allowed to resume operations but must comply with anti-pandemic prevention measures.

However, non-essential services like bars, karaokes, dance clubs, massage parlors, movie theaters, game shops and gyms will remain closed until April 15.

As of Monday, all drivers, university students and those tested for Covid-19 as part of the province’s mass screening campaign showed negative results.

A total 95 percent of businesses in Hai Duong, home to many industrial parks and foreign-invested firms, have resumed operation.

On March 3, Hai Duong ended a 15-day provincial social distancing period.

Later, 12 districts and towns in the province were divided into two groups, with different levels of restrictions applied to each.

Three districts Kinh Mon, Kim Thanh, Cam Giang and Hai Duong Town, major coronavirus hotspots, banned social events, gatherings of over 20 people in one place and gatherings of 10 people or more outside workplaces, schools and hospitals. A minimum distance of two meters between people in public had to be ensured.

The rest allowed businesses offering wholesale and retail services, lotteries, hotels, accommodation establishments, restaurants and food stalls to resume operation, but they must ensure anti-pandemic measures including provision of protective clothing for staff, body temperature checks and avoiding close contact.

Since March 18, all of Hai Duong, home to 1.7 million people, had employed social distancing in line with the latter group.

Counting from Jan. 28 when community transmissions reemerged in Vietnam after almost two months, Hai Duong has reported 726 Covid patients.

Hai Duong to return to new normal from April 1

March 30, 2021 by hanoitimes.vn

A total 95% of businesses in Hai Duong, home to many industrial parks and foreign-invested firms, have reestablished operation.

The northern province of Hai Duong, Vietnam’s largest hotspot in the latest Covid-19 outbreak, will lift province-wide social distancing measures and embrace a new normal from April 1.

This was decided by the Standing Board of the provincial Party Committee at a meeting on March 29 reviewing efforts against Covid-19.

The move came as the northern province, around 60 kilometers east of Hanoi, has successfully contained the pandemic outbreak, with many areas having recorded no community transmissions for the past 20 days.

“All lockdowns across Hai Duong have been lifted. The province will shift to a new normal in which we both drastically fight the coronavirus and take action to conduct socio-economic development tasks”, said Pham Xuan Thang, secretary of the provincial Party Committee.

Hai Duong will restore many production and business activities. Photo: Tien Thang

From April 1, all students from kindergarten to high school levels will be allowed to resume class after more than a month staying at home as a precautionary measure against the Covid-19 pandemic.

Restaurants, food stalls and cafes are allowed to reopen but must comply with anti-pandemic prevention measures.

However, non-essential services like entertainment venues, tourist sites, sport centers, beauty parlors, hairdressing shops, karaoke bars, massage parlors, bars, discotheques, movie theaters, game shops and gyms will remain closed until April 15.

Hai Duong will continue to halt festivals, religious rituals, sporting events and other unimportant events that require large gatherings in public.

As of March 29, all drivers, university students and those tested for Covid-19 as part of the province’s mass screening campaign showed negative results.

Inter-provincial and intra-provincial passenger transport can resume, but anti-pandemic measures need to be ensured in line with the guidelines from the Ministry of Transport.

A total 95% of businesses in Hai Duong, home to many industrial parks and foreign-invested firms, have reestablished operation. The owners will need to sign documents with the local authorities affirming their commitment to ensuring safety.

The secretary of the provincial Party Committee also warned of a possible resurgence of the virus, and asked the province to view fighting Covid-19 as a regular and ongoing task in the “new normal”.

Secretary Thang stressed the outbreaks could still recur if the local authorities are careless and let their guard down, and that the leaders will primarily be held accountable for the situation under their jurisdiction.

Since January 28 when community transmissions reemerged in Vietnam after almost two months, Hai Duong has reported 726 Covid-19 patients.

PM allocates 270 billion VND for Hai Duong to fight COVID-19

March 30, 2021 by en.vietnamplus.vn

The Hai Duong Medical Technical University resumes its operation (Photo: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) – Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has decided to allocate 270 billion VND (11.67 million USD) from the central budget reserve in 2021 to aid pandemic prevention and control efforts in the northern province of Hai Duong, which has recently borne the brunt of the third wave of COVID-19 outbreaks.

The Ministry of Finance was tasked with managing the sum and instructing the Hai Duong People’s Committee , with the two entirely responsible for the management and use of as well as making reports on the funding in line with regulations to ensure its efficiency, publicity and transparency.

The PM also assigned the provincial People’s Committee to promptly conduct prevention measures using financial assistance from the central budget reserve, local resources, and other legally mobilised sources. Related reports on the pandemic prevention and control work will be submitted to the PM for consideration of the final sum allocated to the province.

Thanks to the implementation of quarantine and social distancing, among other measures in response to COVID-19, Hai Duong has so far put the epidemic under control. The province will end its ongoing social distancing period on March 31./.

VNA