At the handover ceremony (Photo: VNA)
HCM City (VNA) – The in Ho Chi
Minh City on October 19 received one of the two Illumina gene sequencing
machines funded by the US for Vietnam.
Speaking at the handover ceremony, Robert Greenan, acting US
Consul General in HCM City, said that during the COVID-19 crisis, the two
countries have supported each other. Vietnam has sent millions of personal
protective equipment to the people of the US, while the US has donated 9.5
million doses of vaccines, more than 100 ventilators, and equipment and
laboratory supplies, among others, to Vietnam.
The diplomat stated the handover of the machine to Cho Ray
Hospital has a special meaning, as results of analysing virus genetic
information with such device can help scientists develop more effective
vaccines to protect Vietnamese and American people.
Greenan affirmed that the US commits to supporting Vietnamese
people in their fight against . The US diplomatic mission in Vietnam
will continue to lobby for more vaccines to be distributed to the nation until
there are enough doses for everyone who wants to be vaccinated, he noted.
Nguyen Tri Thuc, director of the hospital, thanked the US
Government for assisting the establishment’s pandemic prevention and control
work. He informed that the number of severe cases of COVID-19 treated here has so
far dropped sharply.
According to Truong Thien Phu, head of the hospital’s microbiology
department, the machine will be very useful for the facility’s research
activities.
The second machine will be handed over to the Bach Mai
Hospital in Hanoi./.
Source: VietnamPlus
