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HCM City to test 5 million people for COVID-19

Ho Chi Minh City aims to take samples from five million people by July 5 for COVID-19 screening as more and more people are found to be infected thanks to screening at hospitals, according to its People’s Committee.
HCM City to test 5 million people for COVID-19 ảnh 1HCM City is set to take samples from five million people to test for COVID-19 by July 5. (Photo: VNA)
HCMCity (VNS/VNA) - Ho Chi Minh City aims to take samples from five millionpeople by July 5 for COVID-19 screening as more and more people are found to beinfected thanks to screening at hospitals, according to its People’s Committee.

The task began in residential areas, industrial parks, export processing zones,and hi-tech parks on June 26.

Districts 8, Binh Tan, Tan Phu, Hoc Mon, and Binh Chanh, which have a largenumber of patients, are first on the radar.

People in Thu Duc city and other districts will have samples taken from July 1.

According to the People’s Committee, the screening will help detect infectionsin time and prevent further spread.

Also, through the screening, the city could evaluate the risk level in thecommunity and take preventive measures, it said.

The Department of Education and Training has suggested that the city shouldallow all candidates to sit the upcoming national high school graduationexamination starting on July 2.

Teachers and invigilators supervising it should also be tested, it said.

There will be 88,774 candidates at 155 venues, and more than 18,000 teachersand proctors.

The city Department of Health on June 26 put up one more COVID-19 treatmenthospital at the Defence and Security Education Centre at the Vietnam NationalUniversity - HCM City.

The 1,000-bed hospital will treat new COVID cases detected through screening athigh-risk locations in the community and quarantine areas.

If the patients start having symptoms, they will be transferred to the COVID-19treatment hospitals in Cu Chi, Can Gio, Binh Chanh, and Thu Duc.
Ifsomeone’s condition worsens, they will be transferred to the Hospital for TropicalDiseases, Pham Ngoc Thach Hospital, Trung Vuong Hospital, Cho Ray Hospital,Children’s Hospital No.2, or City Children’s Hospital.

The city has immunised 710,773 people in the fourth phase of its vaccinationdrive as of June 27, according to its Steering Committee for COVID-19Prevention and Control.

More than 93,000 others could not get a shot because of their health condition,it added./.
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