Bright models of teachers on the frontline of COVID-19 epidemic prevention and control

During the days when the COVID-19 epidemic broke out in the province, the teachers in Dau Tieng district were not afraid of difficulties and hardships to volunteer to the front lines to fight the epidemic. The volunteering spirit of teachers has contributed to the synergy and joint hands to fight the pandemic.

Dang Ha Kiem Anh, a male teacher volunteering for COVID-19 sampling

Mr. Dang Ha Kiem Anh, Principal of Long Hoa High School in Dau Tieng district, is a volunteer to assist and support the epidemic center in Thuan An city in the days of implementing "lockdown and freezing". Volunteering in the early days, Mr. Kiem Anh said: “Our team has 165 members, every day we were assigned to take samples (rapid and Realtime-PCR tests) in densely ‘red’ areas. We started work at 7:00 in tight protective suits in many hours but all of us strictly follow the regulations to support the work of sampling for testing in the total screening for F0 extraction."

After being informed of the location and number of samples, Mr. Kiem Anh began to arrange and assign work to team members to the test site according to the instructions. After the teams arrived at the sampling point, the teacher went down to each testing point to hand over the samples to the locality. In the evening, the members summed up the results of the sampling to the People's Committee of Thuan An city and the People's Committee of Dau Tieng district. As a result, in 14 days, the team participated in sampling support at 7 locations on 86,420 people, of whom 38,411 were under quick test and 48,009 under Realtime-PCR method to separate 1,275 F0 from the community.

The best thing was that after returning to Dau Tieng to conduct quarantine according to regulations, no team volunteers was infected with COVID-19. During the 14-day support, Mr. Kiem Anh always reminded the team members to be very careful. Although the work was somewhat hard, dangerous, and far from home, everyone was happy because they had contributed a part of their efforts to the fight against the COVID-19 epidemic of the province.

Recalling the days of participating in the frontline fight against the COVID-19 epidemic, Mr. Kiem Anh said: "The work was quite stressful because the data was too much and I had to complete the data entry right away, so I had to look carefully on the handwritten list to enter on the computer. The first few days were quite stressful as the members were tired and strained with the phone numbers, permanent and temporary residence addresses of the people. The person taking the sample must record it accurately, so that when the sample is positive, the tracing and quarantine work will be quick and timely."

Ms. Ngo Ton Nu Ngoc Huong, an enthusiastic volunteer

Also with the spirit of volunteering, Ms. Ngo Ton Nu Ngoc Huong of Nguyen Binh Khiem Secondary School volunteered to enter the quarantine and treatment areas for F0 in Dau Tieng district to take samples for testing. At the peak of the epidemic as Dau Tieng district had helped localities by receiving more than 3,000 F0 for quarantine and treatment, Ms. Huong was not afraid of danger and difficulties to volunteer in the sampling team. To ensure the sampling and return of test results as soon as possible, Ms. Huong and her work colleagues even forgot to eat. In the morning, she went to Minh Thanh, Minh Hoa, and Minh Tan. In the afternoon, she returned to Thanh An, Thanh Tuyen, and Ben Suc. Regardless of difficulties and dangers, the teachers in the district had actively participated with frontline forces in the prevention and control of the COVID-19 epidemic. Ms. Ngo Ton Nu Ngoc Huong said: “The mission, although there is a high risk of infection, but day by day, when I saw that the situation of the COVID-19 epidemic in the area is under better control, I feel very happy that I have a part of the effort of me and my colleagues.”

In addition to the spirit of volunteering on the front lines against the epidemic, Ms. Huong is also a teacher with many creativity in designing online lessons for students. Implementing the motto of keeping on to learning, Ms. Huong always accompanies the school as the students try their best to diversify learning forms on the basis of information technology. In the midst of difficulties, Ms. Huong does not stop studying, researching and developing online teaching plans. During the lessons, she skillfully integrated poems and short stories about real life for students inspire their students' love of literature.

In particular, before each lecture, she prepares teaching activities as well as games and video clips with fun warm-up activities to create a comfortable atmosphere in the classroom. She always sets the image mode on the main screen and always interacts with students to recognize and reward them during the teaching process to create a friendly relationship of teachers and students while stimulating curiosity and creativity of the students.

Reported by Hoang Linh – D. Tieng – Translated by Vi Bao

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