Saigon people "dragon snakes" buy supplies, risk of F0 infection

Despite complying with 5K regulations, people in districts in the city. From early morning, Ho Chi Minh queued up to buy food supplies. The chaotic and crowded scene made the authorities struggle to maintain order and security.

As of August 20, TP. Ho Chi Minh City recorded 164,342 infections in the fourth outbreak and experienced 43 days of social distancing under Directive 16, and increased 16. Before the unpredictable development of the new variant strain, Mr. Pham Duc Hai, Deputy Head of the Steering Committee for Covid-19 prevention and control in Ho Chi Minh City. Ho Chi Minh City proposed 5 solutions to continue tightening and improving with the motto "each residential group, neighborhood, ward, commune, town, agency, factory, and enterprise is a fortress of epidemic prevention".

In which, the solution of the people of the city. Ho Chi Minh City ensures the implementation of regulations on social distancing, "whoever stays where he is", isolating houses from houses, neighborhood groups with residential groups, hamlets isolated from hamlets, wards and towns. isolation from wards and towns has caused a lot of confusion.

Although there is still no official dispatch, but according to press records, from noon on August 20 to early morning on August 21. A large number of people gathered in front of supermarkets, licensed markets... to buy food. , food reserves. Worth mentioning, the scene of the dragon-snake crew lined up, not ensuring the 5k rule, made the authorities take a long time to stabilize. Some people even have to wait for hours to enter the supermarket, but the results on the shelves are empty. On major roads, many convoys are congested, jostling each other to be resolved through the checkpoint.

At a large supermarket on Nguyen Van Luong Street (Ward 10, Go Vap District), more than 6 am but there were hundreds of people queuing in front of the gate waiting to go inside to buy goods. The supermarket just opened, the flow of people rushed inside to make a medical declaration, give the supermarket's shopping card to the supermarket staff, and then quickly enter the chair to sit. Because of the delay, Ms. Thuy Thi Ngoc Hanh (63 years old, in Go Vap district) had to queue behind many people.

Notes from News reporters at Co.op Mart supermarket Hanoi Highway, Bach Hoa Xanh (Thu Duc city), Aoen Mall Tan Phu (Tan Phu district), Saigon Co.op Quang Trung street (Go district). tripping) ... a large number of customers come every time. In addition to queuing up to enter the supermarket, people have to wait in long queues at the parking area.

Le Thi Thanh Hoa, who lives in Tang Nhon Phu B ward, Thu Duc city, said that when she heard that the city would tighten the distance from August 23, she rushed to the supermarket near her house to buy some more. reserve food.

At Mega Market An Phu (District 2, HCMC) from 7 o'clock closed because the number of guests is too large. A resident who went to the market said that normally the supermarket opens at 7am, but today from 6am, there were people queuing at the gate. After letting a number of guests enter the line of dragons and snakes inside. At 7 a.m., the supermarket announced that it would not accept more customers because of insufficient supplies, asking customers to return in the early afternoon.

However, despite the announcement, a large number of shoppers were still in front of the gate, presenting papers to the market and wanting to go inside to buy goods, causing the functional forces to constantly remind them.

At noon on August 20, at a press conference to provide information on the epidemic situation in Ho Chi Minh City, the representative of Ho Chi Minh City leaders also said that Ho Chi Minh City ensures the supply of essential goods, continues continue to take full care, provide prompt and timely support to people in difficult and disadvantaged circumstances in the locality. Therefore, the city asks people to calm down and rest assured to implement 5K, not focus on buying goods and food. The city has prepared plans to supply goods during the implementation of the above measures to strengthen epidemic prevention and control.

According to the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Industry and Trade, the city has now prepared enough goods to supply people and asked people not to hoard food, causing crowds to gather at buying and selling points. Neccessary.

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