February 06, 2020 | 21:00 (GMT+7)
Military units promote dissemination of 2019-nCoV-related information
PANO - Military units, especially those stationed along the shared borderline with neighboring countries, have actively taken preventive measures to avoid the spread of the acute respiratory disease caused by the novel coronavirus (the 2019-nCoV) and raised people’s awareness of the disease.
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Troops provide leaflets on the disease to local people |
Units urged their troops to wear medical masks, wash hands, clean up barracks, and spray antiviral chemicals.
Troops from affiliated units under the Nghe An provincial Border Guard Command teamed up with local authorities to instruct local people how to prevent the disease and check the health of Vietnamese workers returning home from China and other countries after enjoying the Lunar New Year festival.
At border check points, travelers were also provided with masks for free.
Meanwhile, Military Region 5’s Military School and the Khanh Hoa provincial Military Command have prepared facilities and forces to quarantine Vietnamese citizens returning home from epidemic areas while guiding their troops to take preventive measures.
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Practicing collecting samples from suspected patients |
Some units have set up areas to quarantine suspected nCoV-infected patients in a timely manner.
Attentively, Military Region 4 has established 11 field barracks near airports and ports to quarantine over 3,700 Vietnamese workers from China and other epidemic areas. Its field hospital No. 2 with 400 beds and 208 staffers stays ready and will receive patients for medical examination and treatment on request. The region’s affiliated units have set up epidemic-prevention teams as well.
Moreover, nearly 10,000 medical masks and over 4,000 leaflets have been distributed to local people and visitors by troops from border posts under the Binh Phuoc provincial Border Guard Command.
Translated by Mai Huong