Deputy Health Minister works with Quang Nam on COVID-19 combat

Accommodation beds in the quarantine area of Thang Hoa Hospital in Thanh Binh district, province (Photo: VNA)

Quang Nam (VNA) – A Health Ministry delegation led by Deputy Minister
Nguyen Truong Son on August 3 had a working session with the People’s Committee
of Quang Nam province, a current COVID-19 hotspot, on the prevention and
control of the disease.

At the session, Son said that since the
first community COVID- 19 case was recorded in the central city of Da Nang on
July 25 after 99 days, the ministry has coordinated with experts to set up treatment
and testing teams in the central region, including the hotspot of Quang Nam.

The ministry has also established a special task force in the central region
which has the right to decide all issues related to human and material
resources serving the pandemic prevention and combat, he added.

Vice Chairman of the
provincial People’s Committee Tran Van Tan asked for the ministry’s support in
testing equipment and biological products serving the testing process as Quang
Nam has recorded 34 COVID-19 cases so far.

The ministry should send leading epidemiological experts to Quang Nam to
enhance capacity for local hospitals, he said.

Bordering Da Nang city, the epicenter of the current outbreak, Quang
Nam has applied measures under the Government’s Decree 16 in
pandemic-hit localities and locked down areas where cases with complex travel
history are detected, according to the official.

The same day, Deputy Minister Son inspected preparations for receiving and
treating COVID-19 patients at the Quang Nam Central General Hospital./.