On the afternoon of January 31, Mr. Bui Dinh Thang, 46 years old, Principal of Sao Do Secondary School, Chi Linh City, received a call from a 6th grade teacher, reporting positive for nCoV, becoming `patient 1814`.
Teacher Thang quickly announced the results of the tracing to teachers throughout the school, and assigned homeroom teachers to report to the classes to `be mentally prepared to go into quarantine at any time`.
A few hours later, the teacher received an order from the People’s Committee of Chi Linh City, requiring people with F1 status to go to Sao Do Secondary School for centralized quarantine.
The quarantine area is concentrated at Sao Do Secondary School, Chi Linh city, Hai Duong.
Arriving at school, seeing many teachers and students with red eyes, Mr. Thang encouraged each person.
`I determined that in addition to doing management work, I am also the main man of the school. I need to be steadfast and calm to be able to motivate and become a spiritual support for students, parents and subordinates,`
On the first day of quarantine, the teacher did not wear serious clothes as usual but dressed simply with a sweater, slippers and hat, and got up early to sweep the yard.
In the quarantine area, teachers often wake up at 6 a.m., half an hour earlier than students, then wake them up and instruct them to fold blankets and perform personal hygiene.
Mr. Thang said that the school’s facilities are quite complete, but the most inconvenient is cleaning.
Teacher Bui Dinh Thang and students donated books, notebooks, and clothes to people in the Central region affected by floods, October 2020.
Even though quarantined, the principal does not have free time like normal people, he still has to handle work and report the situation daily to health authorities.
In the past three days, the information that made Mr. Thang happiest was that all students and teachers were quarantined negative for nCoV.
After 24 years working in the education sector, 2 years as principal of Sao Do Secondary School, and having spent Tet away from home, Mr. Thang believes that this will be an unforgettable `business trip` when the family cannot be together even though
