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THACO donates ambulances, mobile vaccination trucks to HCM City

Truong Hai Auto Corporation (THACO) has decided to present 30 ambulances and 25 mobile vaccination trucks to support Ho Chi Minh City’s COVID-19 prevention and control, its Chairman Tran Ba Duong said on August 25.
THACO donates ambulances, mobile vaccination trucks to HCM City ảnh 1The ambulances donated by THACO to HCM City (Source: VNA)
HCM City (VNA) - Truong Hai Auto Corporation(THACO) has decided to present 30 ambulances and 25mobile vaccination trucks to support Ho Chi Minh City’s COVID-19 preventionand control, its Chairman Tran Ba Duong said on August 25.

The European-standard IVECO ambulances are also equipped withdisinfection and cleaning devices to serve the transport of COVID-19 patients in critical conditions.

Meanwhile, the six-seat trucks can facilitate the conductionof in-place rapid testing and vaccination at residential areas in the contextof the city launching strict social distancing and restriction measures.

According to Duong, the company will also present 500,000rapid test kits to the southern city serving its mass testing campaign. The made-in-Germanykits are rated by the Ministry of Health as the most accurate to date.

The donations are worth 131 billion VND (5.74 million USD)in total.

THACO has so far donated medical equipment and supplies worth 161billion VND for prevention and control work nationwide./.
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