Health Ministry receives donated medical supplies for COVID-19 fight

UNDP donates 15 Ohmni Robots to the Ministry of Health to help protect frontline doctors and nurses in central provinces’ hospitals from COVID-19 and other infectious diseases. (Photo: UNDP)

Hanoi (VNA) – The received donated medical
supplies for the COVID-19 fight at a ceremony in Hanoi on September 1.  

 The UNDP in Vietnam
gave 15 Ohmni robots which have the main function of remote communication, remote diagnoses and
treatment. This is the UNDP’s second delivery of the robots, intended to
protect medical workers in highly infectious context.

 Grab Vietnam presented 50,000 N95 face masks. In February this
year, the company, along with the Health Ministry, delivered 100,000 medical
masks to 33 medical stations in seven northern border provinces.  

Meanwhile, Wipro Consumer Care Vietnam donated 5,000 N95 medical masks
and Thien Binh Investment Company 2,000 set of protective gear.

The
donations were part of public response to a communication campaign
initiated and implemented by the Health
Ministry in collaboration with the with the theme Niem Tin Chien Thang (Confidence
of Victory).

The campaign, lasting from August 6 to
September 30, aims to promote all of society to participate in
the fight against the pandemic./.