Testing for (Photo: VNA) close to 3,000 people in high-risk areas near three hospitals in the central
city of Da Nang that have links with dozens of new COVID-19 infections reported
over the past week.
Director
of the municipal Department of Health Ngo Thi Kim Yen said on July 31 that
health workers will complete the taking of samples from nearly 3,000 people now
in lockdown in areas near the , the Da Nang C Hospital, and the
Da Nang Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation Hospital on August 1.
By the
morning of July 31, more than 2,700 residents had had samples collected.
The
department has urged relevant units to promptly transfer patients on dialysis
at the Da Nang Hospital to the general hospital of Hoa Vang district and
requested all local medical clinics be ready to quarantine suspected cases and
treat those infected with the virus.
The
Ministry of Health has sent a group of specialists to provide training for
nearly 400 health workers and medical students in Da Nang on how to take
samples for testing and tracing people in close contact with confirmed cases.
Since
July 25, the city has reported 80 new COVID-19 cases. More than 7,000 people
have been identified as being in close contact with COVID-19 patients.
The city
has put nearly 5,600 high-risk people in quarantine at the three hospitals
while about 5,640 others have been sent to state-designated facilities and
district medical centres or been self-quarantined./.
Source: VietnamPlus
