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Hanoi-based children’s hospital capable of testing SARS-CoV-2

The Ministry of Health on March 7 decided to allow the Department of Biomolecular Research for Infectious Diseases under the Hanoi-based National Children’s Hospital to perform tests for the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2.
Hanoi-based children’s hospital capable of testing SARS-CoV-2 ảnh 1Testing for the SARS-CoV-2 (Photo: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) – The Ministry of Health on March 7decided to allow the Department of Biomolecular Research for InfectiousDiseases under the Hanoi-based National Children’s Hospital to perform tests forthe novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2.

At present, laboratories across Vietnam capable of testingfor SARS-CoV-2 are based at the National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiologyin Hanoi, the Pasteur Institute in Ho Chi Minh City, the Pasteur Institute ofNha Trang in Khanh Hoa province, the Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology ofthe Central Highlands in Dak Lak province, and the National Institute ofMalariology-Parasitology-Entomology in Hanoi.

These facilities also include the National Hospital forTropical Diseases and Bach Mai Hospital; the Hospital for Tropical Diseases andCho Ray Hospital in HCM City; and Hue Central Hospital in Thua Thien-Hueprovince.

Disease control centres in Hanoi, Da Nang city and theprovinces of Quang Ninh, Thanh Hoa, Bac Ninh, Bac Giang, Ha Tinh and Lao Caiare also able to perform tests for SARS-CoV-2

The Ministry of Health on March 7 afternoon confirmed the 18th COVID-19infection case in Vietnam, who is a patient returning from the epidemic-hitRepublic of Korea (RoK).

A day earlier, the 17th infection case was reported in the capital cityof Hanoi. The 26-year-old female patient earlier visited her sister in the UK,then travelled to Italy and returned to Hanoi on March 1 on flight VN0054.

Vietnam has to date detected 18 COVID-19 infection cases. Of them, 16patients had been successfully cured and discharged from hospitals./.
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