Taking samples for in Hai Duong (Photo: VNA)HCM City (VNA) – An automated real-time PCR system for COVID-19
testing, worth 5.2 billion VND (224,000 USD), was presented to the Ho Chi Minh City Department
of Health by the on February 17.
Speaking at the handover ceremony, organised by
the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) – HCM City chapter, Deputy Director of the
municipal Health Department Nguyen Hoai Nam thanked the chapter and the Hung
Thinh Group for supporting the city’s health sector in properly conducting
testing and tracing related to patients.
The system will help reduce the time needed for
and increase the efficiency of testing, while minimising the risk of infection for
medical staff completing tests.
The health sector commits to using the system
effectively and for the right purpose, Nam added.
Duong Thi Huyen Tram, head of the Movement
Department at the VFF – HCM City chapter, said the city’s COVID-19 Prevention
and Control Fund has to date received over 260 billion VND in cash and goods and
medical equipment from units, organisations, and individuals inside and outside
of the country.
Cash, goods, and medical equipment worth 156
billion VND have already been delivered to forces participating in prevention
and control efforts at hospitals, health centres, and quarantine facilities,
and to poor people affected by the pandemic./.
Source: VietnamPlus
