Illustrative image (Source: VNA)HCM City (VNA) – A was launched in Ho Chi
Minh City on August 4 to supplement for the blood banks of nearly 150 hospitals
in the city.
Nearly 100 people came to in District 1 to
donate their blood, despite complex developments of the COVID-19 pandemic in
the city, which is Vietnam’s current largest hotspot.
Vice Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Duong Anh Duc, who also
donated his blood this time, said that the city will create the best conditions
for donators.
The blood donation events must be organised in accordance
with pandemic prevention and control regulations, especially the Health
Ministry’s 5K message – khau trang (face mask), khu khuan (disinfection), khoang
cach (distance), khong tu tap (no gathering), and khai bao y te (health declaration).
Regarding the current blood reserve in the city, Dr. Phu Chi
Dung, Director of the Hospital of Hematology and Blood
Transfusion, said that the application of social distancing measures in the
past two weeks has made most of the blood donation activities cancelled,
leading to a decrease in blood reserves at the blood banks.
The blood reserve is decreasing and is expected to reach an
alarming threshold, below 3,000 blood units, in the next seven days./.
Source: VietnamPlus
