Nguyen Van Vinh Chau, deputy director of the Health Department, speaks at a press conference on the city’s plans for COVID treatment on October 25. (Photo courtesy of the HCM City Press Centre)HCM
City (VNS/VNA) – ’s authorities have
urged residents to continue complying with
while the city prepares for COVID treatment depending on
the number of cases recorded weekly.
Speaking
at a press conference on October 25, Dr Nguyen Van Vinh Chau, Deputy Director of the city’s Health Department, said the number of new cases,
deaths and severe cases has decreased over the past few weeks, with 73.5
cases per 100,000 people recorded per week.
“The
city is at level 2 or medium risk among the four levels of pandemic
risk classified in the Government’s Resolution 128,” he said.
Although
the city is officially classified at level 2, its COVID-prevention and
control plans are at level 3 because of the high number of new cases, he
said.
“Based
on the number of cases per 100,000 people per week, the city is at level
3.”
More
than 99 percent of adults aged 18 and over have received at least one vaccine
dose and more than 76 percent are fully vaccinated. More than 91 percent of
people 65 and over in the city are fully immunised.
Chau
said that everyone must continue to comply with prevention measures
such as wearing masks, washing hands and maintaining a safe
distance.
According
to Chau, the city has developed four scenarios of COVID treatment based on
risk levels.
In
all scenarios, asymptomatic and mild COVID patients will be isolated and
treated at home, and will be taken care of by mobile medical stations
in wards, communes and townships.
In
the first scenario (if the city contains the outbreak), the city will maintain one
three-level treatment field hospital No. 16. It will also maintain COVID
treatment facilities at hospitals such as the city’s Tropical Diseases
Hospital, Children’s Hospital and Tu Du Hospital.
For
the second scenario, if the number of new cases corresponds to risk level
2, in addition to field hospital No 16, the city will use field hospital
No 13 for treatment.
Field
hospitals in city districts and COVID treatment facilities at hospitals in
districts would also be used, as well as the Hospital for Tropical
Diseases, two children pediatric hospitals, and Tu Du Hospital and Hung Vuong
Hospital.
For
the third scenario, if the number of new cases corresponds to risk level
3, the city will need all 135 mobile medical stations, each of which would
manage 50-100 patients.
The
city will also use all three three-floor field hospitals for treatment (instead
of only one or two), including field hospitals No 13, 14, and 16.
The
city will use additional hospitals for COVID treatment across districts and
three COVID resuscitation hospitals at Cho Ray Hospital, Hospital 175 and HCM
City Tropical Diseases Hospital.
For
the worst scenario, if the number of new cases surges without sufficient
control, the city will mobilise all hospitals and resuscitation centres in
the city. All districts would be required to have one field hospital with
a capacity of 300-500 beds for COVID treatment.
The
city must have at least 16,000 – 19,000 beds for treatment, 500 oxygen beds,
and 2,000 ICU beds for severe and critical cases.
In
addition to mobile medical stations, districts will establish community
COVID treatment teams to meet the rising number of cases.
The
four levels are low risk (new normal) or green, medium risk or
yellow, high risk or orange, and very high risk or red.
Thu
Duc City and the eight districts of Go Vap, Tan Binh, 1, 7, 8, 10, Can Gio, and
Cu Chi are at level 1.
Districts
3, 4, 5, 6, 11, 12, Phu Nhuan, Binh Thanh, Tan Phu, Hoc Mon, Nha Be, and Binh
Chinh are at level 2. Binh Tan is at level 3.
The
assessment of risk levels will be regularly updated on https://covid19.hochiminhcity.gov.vn/bando and https://bando.tphcm.gov.vn every
week.
Phan
Van Mai, Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee, said districts would be
allowed to reopen the economy based on their risk levels.
Many
of the recent cases are people returning from other provinces and
cities to work, according to city authorities./.
Source: VietnamPlus
