Doctors and medical personnel from three central-level hospitals, including the Vietnam German Friendship Hospital and the Bach Mai Hospital in Hanoi, and Hue Central Hospital in Thua Thien-Hue province, have arrived in Ho Chi Minh City to help set up the ICUs that have a total of 1,500 beds.

Three intensive care centres open in Ho Chi Minh City.

Deputy Health Minister Nguyen Truong Son, head of the ministry’s taskforce to support Ho Chi Minh City in Covid-19 prevention and control, said the telehealth digital platform should be used to connect hospital departments, and a monitoring centre should be set up to coordinate the treatment of critical Covid-19 cases at the three intensive care centres.

Ho Chi Minh City is struggling to contain its largest outbreak despite serious prevention measures, according to Son. “The city has also had to ensure a steady supply of medical equipment and supplies for treatment.”

“Despite the number of cases, the city is on the right track,” he said, adding that the top priority is to save patients with serious health conditions and reduce fatalities.

In addition to medical staff, the ministry will send managers and administrators of leading hospitals across Vietnam to work in Ho Chi Minh City.

Ho Chi Minh City’s Cho Ray Hospital is currently operating the Ho Chi Minh City Intensive Care Covid-19 Hospital based in the Ho Chi Minh City Oncology Hospital in Thu Duc City with a capacity of about 1,000 beds.

HCMC to cover all funeral expenses for deceased Covid patients

All funeral services for people who die from Covid will be funded by the Ho Chi Minh City budget, an official said.

Nearly 300,000 Covid-19 hit workers in Ho Chi Minh City receive financial support

Nearly 300,000 disadvantaged trade union members, public employees and workers hit by the Covid-19 pandemic received assistance worth over VND465.8 billion (US$20.25 million), reported the Ho Chi Minh City Labour Confederation on August 7.

Former epicenter Bac Giang nearly Covid free

Bac Giang, Vietnam's biggest coronavirus hotspot last May, has seen 99.9 percent of its Covid-19 patients recover.

Urgent meeting held to evaluate homegrown Covid-19 vaccine Nano Covax

The National Ethics Committee in Biomedical Research under the Ministry of Health on August 7 held an urgent online meeting to review the results of the first phase of clinical trials of Vietnam’s domestically developed Covid-19 vaccine, Nano Covax, and to pass the mid-term assessment of its second phase.

Covid-19 figures in Vietnam on August 7 morning

Over the past 12 hours, Việt Nam recorded 3,794 new Covid-19 cases: HCM City (1.836), Bình Dương (882), Đồng Nai (466), Tiền Giang (165), Long An (160), Bà Rịa - Vũng Tàu (100), Vĩnh Long (62), Phú Yên (31), Sơn La (20), Kiên Giang (17), Bình Định (17), Lâm Đồng (12), Đồng Tháp (11), Đắk Nông (7), Hải Dương (3), Bạc Liêu (3), Thanh Hóa (2). 933 cases were detected in the community. 

Source: NDO/VNA