Students help visitors fill out health declaration forms (Photo: VNA) Thua Thien-Hue (VNA) – Hundreds ofstudents from the Hue University of Medicine and Pharmacy in the central provinceof Thua Thien-Hue have volunteered to join the nation’s efforts in the fightagainst COVID-19.
At the Hue railway station – one of the medicalcheckpoints, a group of students from the university are working around theclock with local health officers, police and military forces.
Whenever there is a departure or arrival,regardless of day or night, the task force is there to classify the flow ofpassengers, take their temperatures, and show them how to fill out healthdeclaration forms and implement preventive measures like washing hands. Thereare three groups of students on duty every day. Each group has five students.
Hoang Tran Sao Mai said that after receiving theuniversity’s notification, many students had volunteered to take part in theanti-coronavirus campaign at Thua Thien-Hue’s checkpoints.
“We are still young, so we want to contributeour efforts to the nation’s COVID-19 prevention. This is also an opportunityfor us to apply what we’ve learned at school.”
Rector of the university Vu Quoc Huy said closeto 340 students from the unviersity have registered for the project.
“We have selected about 160 students who arefluent in a foreign language to support foreigners. This is a good chance forstudents to show their bravery and responsibility for the community.”
At present, four COVID-19 patients are beingtreated at the Hue Central Hospital. The province is quarantining 775 suspectedcases.
The Ministry of Healthon late March 22 confirmed seven new COVID-19 infection cases, raising the totalnumber in Vietnam to 113. March 22 also witnessed the biggest increase in thenumber of infections in a single day with 19 new cases./.
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