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./.
VNA

See more

Over 200 health professionals from the University Medical Centre Ho Chi Minh City (UMC) successfully perform organ procurement and transplantation on January 25. (Photo: VNA)

Brain-dead organ donor helps save four people

The surgeries marked significant milestones in organ donation counselling and advocacy efforts across southern localities, helping to expand the national organ donation network, spread a message of humanity, and offer hope and life-saving opportunities to many patients.

At the MoU signing ceremony between TAMRI and the University of Oxford. (Photo: baochinhphu.vn)

Vietnam, UK step up medical research, training cooperation

Tam Anh Research Institute (TAMRI) under Tam Anh General Hospital Group has recently announced its Memorandum of Understanding on scientific research and medical training collaboration with the University of Oxford, marking the prestigious British institution’s first bilateral agreement with a Vietnamese research institute and hospital system.

Passengers conduct immigration procedures at Huu Nghi International Border Gate in Lang Son province. (Photo: VNA)

Heightened measures put in place at Tet holiday to counter infectious diseases

The Ministry of Health has sent a document to the People's Committees of provinces and centrally-run cities regarding the strengthening of infectious disease prevention and control during the Lunar New Year (Tet) and the 2025 festival season, given increases in contagious diseases, especially respiratory illnesses, around the world.

Representatives of ChungAng University Hospital (RoK) and Doosan Vina present medical supplies to General Hospital of Quang Ngai province (Photo: VNA)

RoK hospital provides medical checkups, equipment to Quang Ngai residents

A delegation from the Republic of Korea (RoK)’s ChungAng University Hospital on January 15 delivered free medical checkups, consultations, and medicines for nearly 1,000 residents of Nghia Ha, Tinh Long, and Tinh An communes of Quang Ngai city and patients at the General Hospital in the central province of Quang Ngai.

As many as 41 families agree to donate organs and tissues of brain-dead relatives in 2024. - Illustrative image (Photo: VNA)

Vietnam makes strides in organ donation, transplantation

Dozens of organ and tissue donation advocacy groups have been established, with strong participation of both public and private healthcare facilities, helping to significantly lift the number of individuals registering for posthumous organ and tissue donation, heard a conference in Hanoi on January 7.