Minister of Health (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – The top priority now is to
reduce COVID-19 infections and fatalities, as the pandemic is expected to
develop more complicatedly in and other southern localities in
the coming days, with a rise in cases, especially critical ones.
Minister of Health Nguyen Thanh Long on July 21
chaired an online meeting with the health ministry’s forces that are assisting
HCM City, and Binh Duong, Tien Giang, Dong Thap, Dong Nai and Long An provinces in the pandemic combat.
To ease hospital overload, the participants agreed to
classify cases, including suspected cases, patients and severe cases.
Those in critical conditions will be treated at
medical facilities with ICUs or the city COVID-19 ICU hospital. Meanwhile,
the others will be admitted to or district-level medical facilities.
Long said the classification would help to improve
COVID-19 treatment efficiency./.
Source: VietnamPlus
