At a quarantine facility in Ho Chi Minh City (Photo: VNA) HCMCity (VNS/VNA) – Ho Chi Minh City’s local authorities are cooperatingwith health centres and agencies to set up polling sites andfinish preparations for the elections of deputies to the 15th NationalAssembly and People's Councils for the 2021-26 tenure on May 23.
According to the city's Centre for Diseases Control and Prevention, as ofFriday more than 3,800 people were staying at the city’s quarantineareas and 485 others were isolated at home.
The city authorities said that 3,830 voters are stayingin quarantine areas.
Dr Nguyen Trung Hoa, head of the Go Vap district Health Centre, said: “Localelection teams including one health official will bring a ballot box to houseswhere voters are quarantined.”
After voters cast their ballots, the box will be sealedand disinfected and then transported by hospital vehicles tovoting sites, Hoa said.
As of May 20, 55 people in the district have finished their quarantinetime and will go to voting sites in wards where they live.
At the quarantine area in the district’s ward 15, the centre’s health officialshave set aside a separate site for the elections, in cooperation with theward’s election team.
“Sixteen voters at the quarantine area are expected to take part in theelections on Sunday (May 23). Each of them will be invited to go down to theelection site to keep a safe distance to avoid transmission,” Hoa said.
All pens, papers and other items at the election site will be used only once,he said, adding that chairs and the path to the site will be disinfected.
“All information about the elections including biographies of candidates andtheir action programmes has been provided to voters. The district’slist of candidates was uploaded in the Zalo group for these voters,” headded.
Preparation for the elections has been completed at the Cu Chi COVID-19 treatmenthospital in Cu Chi district where 19 COVID-19 patients are being treated and328 people are quarantined.
Senior Lieutenant Colonel Truong Dang Khoa, deputy political commissar ofthe Military School at the HCM City High Command, said that his unitwas collaborating with staff at the field hospital to publish a list ofvoters and health officials there on Sunday.
The list of candidates and their action programmes havebeen published for the voters.
“We are cooperating with relevant agencies to organise the election accordingto legal regulations, ensuring that quarantined voters and patients cantake part in the election,” Khoa added.
Authorities in lock-downed areas, including some streetsand buildings in District 3 and Thu Duc city, saidthat district staff members were co-operating with local healthofficials to organise the elections for voters.
Health officials and staff of election teams will wear protective clothing whenthey visit areas under lockdown and quarantine areas.
Speaking at a conference held earlier this week in the city, Nguyen Thi Le,Vice Secretary of the HCM City Party Committee and Chairwoman of the People’sCouncil, said that Thu Duc city and 21 districts had finished preparations forthe elections.
Letold people’s committee in wards, communes, and towns to create schedulesfor voting to avoid a large number of voters at the same time at voting sites.
The city has nearly 5.5 million voters and 3,092 election teams.
TheElection Committee has issued plans on preventive measures againstCOVID-19. Plans were made for voting sites; voters quarantinedat home; voters in quarantine areas and under lockdown; andhealth establishments where COVID-19 patients and people suspected ofhaving COVID-19 are being treated.
If voting sites are under lockdown due to a COVID-19 outbreak, election teamsmust strengthen disinfection. Attendees must keep a distance of at least2m between them. The election procedures and times for voting must bearranged at each voting site and residential area.
Voting will take place from 7am to 7pm on May 23. Based on the localsituation, election teams can start earlier but not before 5am. Theycan also end later, but not after 9pm.
The city Department of Health requires that masks and hand sanitizersshould be available at voting sites for voters.
The city has 37 candidates for the election of deputies to the 15th NationalAssembly and 158 for the elections of People's Council deputies at alllevels./.
According to the city's Centre for Diseases Control and Prevention, as ofFriday more than 3,800 people were staying at the city’s quarantineareas and 485 others were isolated at home.
The city authorities said that 3,830 voters are stayingin quarantine areas.
Dr Nguyen Trung Hoa, head of the Go Vap district Health Centre, said: “Localelection teams including one health official will bring a ballot box to houseswhere voters are quarantined.”
After voters cast their ballots, the box will be sealedand disinfected and then transported by hospital vehicles tovoting sites, Hoa said.
As of May 20, 55 people in the district have finished their quarantinetime and will go to voting sites in wards where they live.
At the quarantine area in the district’s ward 15, the centre’s health officialshave set aside a separate site for the elections, in cooperation with theward’s election team.
“Sixteen voters at the quarantine area are expected to take part in theelections on Sunday (May 23). Each of them will be invited to go down to theelection site to keep a safe distance to avoid transmission,” Hoa said.
All pens, papers and other items at the election site will be used only once,he said, adding that chairs and the path to the site will be disinfected.
“All information about the elections including biographies of candidates andtheir action programmes has been provided to voters. The district’slist of candidates was uploaded in the Zalo group for these voters,” headded.
Preparation for the elections has been completed at the Cu Chi COVID-19 treatmenthospital in Cu Chi district where 19 COVID-19 patients are being treated and328 people are quarantined.
Senior Lieutenant Colonel Truong Dang Khoa, deputy political commissar ofthe Military School at the HCM City High Command, said that his unitwas collaborating with staff at the field hospital to publish a list ofvoters and health officials there on Sunday.
The list of candidates and their action programmes havebeen published for the voters.
“We are cooperating with relevant agencies to organise the election accordingto legal regulations, ensuring that quarantined voters and patients cantake part in the election,” Khoa added.
Authorities in lock-downed areas, including some streetsand buildings in District 3 and Thu Duc city, saidthat district staff members were co-operating with local healthofficials to organise the elections for voters.
Health officials and staff of election teams will wear protective clothing whenthey visit areas under lockdown and quarantine areas.
Speaking at a conference held earlier this week in the city, Nguyen Thi Le,Vice Secretary of the HCM City Party Committee and Chairwoman of the People’sCouncil, said that Thu Duc city and 21 districts had finished preparations forthe elections.
Letold people’s committee in wards, communes, and towns to create schedulesfor voting to avoid a large number of voters at the same time at voting sites.
The city has nearly 5.5 million voters and 3,092 election teams.
TheElection Committee has issued plans on preventive measures againstCOVID-19. Plans were made for voting sites; voters quarantinedat home; voters in quarantine areas and under lockdown; andhealth establishments where COVID-19 patients and people suspected ofhaving COVID-19 are being treated.
If voting sites are under lockdown due to a COVID-19 outbreak, election teamsmust strengthen disinfection. Attendees must keep a distance of at least2m between them. The election procedures and times for voting must bearranged at each voting site and residential area.
Voting will take place from 7am to 7pm on May 23. Based on the localsituation, election teams can start earlier but not before 5am. Theycan also end later, but not after 9pm.
The city Department of Health requires that masks and hand sanitizersshould be available at voting sites for voters.
The city has 37 candidates for the election of deputies to the 15th NationalAssembly and 158 for the elections of People's Council deputies at alllevels./.
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