HCM City’s medical students join hands to fight COVID-19

Thousands of medical students in Ho Chi Minh City have volunteered to become part of the frontline forces in the fight against COVID-19 which has posed intense pressure on the city’s medical workers in recent days.

Medical students prepare to take COVID-19 testing samples for locals in Ward 3, District 3. (Photo: Hong Giang/VNA)

A medical student helps a local with COVID-19 vaccination procedure at Phu Tho Stadium, District 1. The vaccination programme at Phu Tho Stadium is part of the inoculation campaign against COVID-19, the biggest in the city and nation’s history. (Photo: Hong Giang/VNA)

At a COVID-19 testing point in Binh Tri Dong B ward, Binh Tan district (Photo: Hong Giang/ VNA)

Collecting samples for COVID-19 testing in Ward 3, District 2. (Photo: Hong Giang/ VNA)

Students from the University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Ho Chi Minh City’s National University, help frontline medical workers classify samples at Linh Trung 1 processing zone in Thu Duc city. (Photo: Hong Giang/VNA)

Volunteers from University of Medicine Pham Ngoc Thach are ready to join hands with medical workers in COVID-19 prevention and control activities. (Photo: Hong Giang/VNA)

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