`If Bac Ninh and Bac Giang fight the epidemic well, they will contribute to the country’s anti-epidemic work. Therefore, we hope that localities throughout the country will turn to Bac Ninh and Bac Giang to provide very practical support to

Mr. Long said that this epidemic is likely to last longer than previous epidemics, with no tendency to decrease early like Da Nang or Hai Duong.

To date, Bac Ninh is quarantining more than 70,000 people.

`The Ministry of Health shares with the difficulties and hardships of the people and workers living in the quarantine and blockade areas of Bac Ninh and Bac Giang provinces,` Mr. Long expressed.

Secretary of the Bac Ninh Provincial Party Committee Dao Hong Lan said that since the first Covid-19 cases were discovered, the province has aggressively stepped in and quickly tracked down related cases.

`The companionship of the Ministry of Health in recent times has helped Bac Ninh become more confident in the fight against epidemics,` Ms. Lan assessed.

Minister Long (blue shirt) presented gifts to support Bac Ninh province on the morning of May 24.

Bac Giang and Bac Ninh are currently two hot spots in the 4th epidemic wave. The epidemic attacks industrial zones, causing the number of infections to increase rapidly, making it difficult to control.

In Bac Giang, new infections related to industrial parks are still increasing at a high level, mainly in quarantine areas.

Notably, recently, Bac Giang has recorded 4 to 8 cases of infection in the community every day, mainly due to close contact with cases in industrial zones.

Bac Giang also focuses on solving social security issues for about 60,000 workers in 61 provinces and cities working in 4 temporarily closed industrial parks.

In Bac Ninh, Director of the Department of Health To Thi Mai Hoa said that as of the evening of May 24, Bac Ninh detected 505 positive cases, of which 480 cases were treated in the province, with 34 serious patients.

Le Nga