National flag carrier Vietnam Airlines has announced that it will carry specialised protective clothing and face masks from Ho Chi Minh City to Hanoi free-of-charge, as part of nationwide efforts against COVID-19 pandemic.
The Centres for Disease Control and Prevention of Hanoi, Da Nang, Can Tho, Yen Bai, Lao Cai and Quang Ninh are among healthcare facilities capable of conducting SARS-CoV-2 tests in Vietnam, according to the Ministry of Health.
The Ministry of Health on March 20 said that it has set up a specialised medical consultation group for the treatment of severe and critical COVID-19 cases in Vietnam.
The Ministry of National Defence’s military medical department on March 19 provided training on novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) testing for health workers of military medical units as the virus continues to spread widely in Vietnam.
As of March 12, Vietnam had recorded 39 COVID-19 infection cases, 16 of whom had been given the all-clear and discharged from hospital and the rest being quarantined and treated at different hospitals.
Chinese Consul General in Ho Chi Minh City Wu Jun visited the city-based Cho Ray hospital on March 10, showing his gratitude for the hospital’s staff for their efforts to care for the health of Chinese citizens over the past time.
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.
Ho Chi Minh City should invest in digital innovation and transformation in the healthcare sector to improve service quality by “making healthcare delivery more efficient and more accessible,” experts have said.
As from February 7, the Quang Ha general clinic in the northern province of Vinh Phuc’s Binh Xuyen district has become a quarantine centre for COVID-19 patients and people with high risk of contracting the disease.
Facing the urgent COVID-19 situation, Vietnam has carried out an array of measures to contain this disease, which has won over praise from the international community.
Chinese Consul General in Ho Chi Minh City Wu Jun has spoken highly of Vietnam’s support to his country in the fight against the acute respiratory disease caused by a novel coronavirus (COVID-19), expressing sincere thanks for the move which he said China will always keep in mind.
Traffic safety nationwide improved considerably in January with sharp declines recorded in the number of accidents, deaths and injured people, statistics showed.
One more Chinese patient was discharged from a Ho Chi Minh City hospital on Feb. 12 after three weeks of treatment for novel coronavirus infection, taking the number of cases clear of the virus in Vietnam to seven.
Chinese patient Li Ding, 66, one of the two first Covid-19 patients in Vietnam, was discharged from Cho Ray hospital in Ho Chi Minh City on February 12 after three weeks of treatment.
Medical staff across the country is struggling, accepting challenges and difficulties, even risking their lives, to regain life for patients contracted the deadly novel Corona virus (nCoV).
The outbreak of the acute respiratory disease caused by the novel coronavirus has hit many countries. In Vietnam, synchronous solutions are deployed to cope with the epidemic.
PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc on Feb.4 chaired a working session between the government’s standing board and leaders of relevant ministries on the result of nCov prevention and control.
The Health Ministry confirmed a new case of nCoV infection on February 1, raising the total number of infections of the new coronavirus (nCoV) in Vietnam to six.
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