Vietnam applies unique measures in COVID-19 fight: Sputnik

Russian state-owned news agency Sputnik has launched an article lauding Vietnam’s flexible and unique measures in the fight against the ravaging COVID-19 pandemic.
Vietnam applies unique measures in COVID-19 fight: Sputnik ảnh 1Russian state-owned news agency Sputnik has launched an article lauding Vietnam’s flexible and unique measures in the fight against the ravaging COVID-19 pandemic (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) –Russian state-owned news agency Sputnik has launched an article lauding Vietnam’sflexible and unique measures in the fight against the ravaging COVID-19pandemic.

Alongside widespreadtesting and vaccination, the country’s health sector has applied new models intreating COVID-19 patients to realise the dual targets of curbing the spread ofthe pandemic and bolstering economic growth, the article stated.

Of note, it underlinedthe respiratory care split hospital model, which divides the hospital into two,one for screening and treatment of suspected COVID-19 cases and the otheroperates as usual.

The article alsotouched on three-layered model of treatment applied in Bac Giang, one of thelargest COVID-19 hotspot in Vietnam at present. The first layer features medical establishments providing first treatment services, the second comprises treatment hospitals converted from district health centers and specialised hospitals in the province, and the third includes those treating severe patients./.
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