Testing for the SARS-CoV-2 (Photo: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) – The on March 7
decided to allow the Department of Biomolecular Research for Infectious
Diseases under the Hanoi-based to perform tests for
the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2.
At present, laboratories across Vietnam capable of testing
for SARS-CoV-2 are based at the National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology
in Hanoi, the Pasteur Institute in Ho Chi Minh City, the Pasteur Institute of
Nha Trang in Khanh Hoa province, the Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology of
the Central Highlands in Dak Lak province, and the National Institute of
Malariology-Parasitology-Entomology in Hanoi.
These facilities also include the National Hospital for
Tropical Diseases and Bach Mai Hospital; the Hospital for Tropical Diseases and
Cho Ray Hospital in HCM City; and Hue Central Hospital in Thua Thien-Hue
province.
Disease control centres in Hanoi, Da Nang city and the
provinces of Quang Ninh, Thanh Hoa, Bac Ninh, Bac Giang, Ha Tinh and Lao Cai
are also able to perform tests for SARS-CoV-2
The Ministry of Health on March 7 afternoon confirmed the 18th COVID-19
infection case in Vietnam, who is a patient returning from the epidemic-hit
Republic of Korea (RoK).
A day earlier, the 17th infection case was reported in the capital city
of Hanoi. The 26-year-old female patient earlier visited her sister in the UK,
then travelled to Italy and returned to Hanoi on March 1 on flight VN0054.
Vietnam has to date detected 18 infection cases. Of them, 16
patients had been successfully cured and discharged from hospitals./.
Source: VietnamPlus
