The two facilities, one located on the ground of the Political Officers College’s No.2 campus in Bac Ninh city and the other at Regiment 831 of the Bac Giang Military Command in Viet Yen district, are scheduled to begin receive patients from 5pm on May 19.

A Covid-19 checkpoint is set up between Bac Ninh city and Bac Giang's Viet Yen district.

Each has 300 beds and close to 120 medical workers. Their capacity can be raised to 500 beds if required.

According to the Ministry of National Defence’s General Department of Logistics, the hospitals are designed to offer emergency care and treatment for Covid-19 patients in a bid to help the two provinces swiftly keep the coronavirus at bay.

In a meeting with the ministry’s steering committee for Covid-19 prevention and control on May 16, Minister of National Defence Phan Van Giang said his ministry will deploy more officers and vehicles to support pandemic-hit localities in fighting the fourth Covid-19 wave.

Meanwhile, the National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology on May 19 announced that B.1.617.2 – the Indian variant of coronavirus – has been found in 29 samples collected in Vietnam. They include 10 in Hanoi, five in the Vietnam National Cancer Hospital’s Tan Trieu facility, nine in Bac Giang, two in Bac Ninh, two in Vinh Phuc and one in Hai Phong.

The UK’s B.1.17 variant, meanwhile, were detected in two samples collected in Hai Duong.

Creative idea to establish food supply – demand linkage group amid Covid-19 pandemic

(BGO) - Vietnamese people always show great solidarity and alliance of compassion in difficult periods of natural disasters and Covid-19 pandemic. However, inconsistent assistance may cause redundancy in some places and still shortage in others. Director of Bagico Joint Stock Company (Bagico) Nguyen Thi Thanh Thuc suggested to establish food supply – demand linkage group in Viet Yen district.

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34-year-old Covid patient dies in Hanoi

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Quang Ninh dispatches medical staff to help Bac Giang in Covid-19 fight

A delegation of 200 voluntary doctors and medical workers from the Vietnam - Sweden Hospital in Uong Bi City, Quang Ninh Province, headed to Bac Giang Province on the morning of May 15 to assist the province with Covid-19 testing.

Source: VNA