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Deputy PM requests increasing oxygen production for COVID-19 treatment

Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam highlighted the importance of increasing the capacity of oxygen production to treat COVID-19 patients while visiting the Viet Nga Special Gases Joint Stock Company in the southern province of Binh Duong on July 20.
Deputy PM requests increasing oxygen production for COVID-19 treatment ảnh 1Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam visits the Viet Nga Special Gases Joint Stock Company (Photo: VNA)
Binh Duong (VNA) – Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam highlighted theimportance of increasing the capacity of oxygen production to treat COVID-19patients while visiting the Viet Nga Special Gases Joint Stock Company in thesouthern province of Binh Duong on July 20.

Dam, who is also head of the National Steering Committee forCOVID-19 Prevention and Control, asked Binh Duong’s authorized agencies to coordinatewith the gas producer to provide sufficient oxygen for COVID-19 treatmentfacilities in the province.

He suggested Binh Duong prepare medical resources, hospitalbeds and oxygen supplies for not only the province itself but also Ho Chi MinhCity – Vietnam’s current largest COVID-19 hotspot.

Right after the pandemic is put under control in thelocality, Binh Duong can support Ho Chi Minh City and other provinces andcities in the southeastern region, he added./.

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