Hospital C in Da Nang city (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – The Ministry of Health on July 30 night decided to establish aspecial team in response to COVID-19 in Da Nang where the number of infectionshas risen rapidly over the past days.
Theteam, headed by Deputy Minister Associate Prof. Dr. Nguyen Truong Son, bringstogether 65 leaders, experts and doctors from the health ministry’s units.
Itcomprises four groups that are in charge of surveillance, treatment, testingand communication work.
Theministry has also mobilised nearly 1,000 people to serve the pandemic combat inthe city.
OnJuly 29-30, it provided training in sample collection and contact tracing fornearly 800 officials, teachers and students of the Da Nang University ofMedical Technology and Pharmacy, and the Military School of Military Zone 5.
Fivelecturers and 150 students of the Hue University of Medicine and Pharmacy inneighbouring Thua Thien-Hue province have been mobilised for quarantine surveillance,sample collection and contract tracing, and other response efforts.
Vietnamreported 45 new cases of community transmission in Da Nang on July 31 morning,raising the national tally to 509.
The 45 newcases, aged between 27-87, include 33 patients related to Da Nang Hospital,four from Da Nang Lung Hospital, two from Da Nang Oncology Hospital, four froma hotel where Da Nang Hospital’s hemodialysis patients are quarantined in SonTra district, and two at Cam Le health clinic./.
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