Treating a COVID-19 patient in critical conditions (Photo: VNA)HCM City (VNA) – ’s health sector is implementing a
strategy of shifting from focusing on to , with a
hope to reduce the rate of COVID-19 patients in critical conditions and the
number of fatalities.
The information was released by Deputy Director of the
municipal Department of Health Nguyen Hoai Nam at a meeting providing information
about the city’s pandemic prevention and control on August 10.
According to him, along with speeding up vaccination, the
city has put three intensive care units, with 1,500 beds, into
operation. All of these centres have necessary conditions to meet the need of
using ventilators for patients.
The city has also intensified the capacity of health care at
home and the emergency aid centre 115, and provided medical consultations via
hotlines.
Regarding the vaccination progress, Nam revealed as of August
9 noon, the city had received more than 4.1 million doses of vaccines and
administered over 3.4 million shots.
The city will continue to accelerate the injection rate of
250,000 – 300,000 shots a day, he said, adding that the city may use up all the
vaccines it has by the end of August 12.
The city has proposed the Ministry of Health continue
providing vaccines for it in August with a total of 5.5 million doses to
achieve the goal of achieving herd immunity, stated Nam.
Also at the meeting, Director of the municipal Department of
Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs Le Minh Tan affirmed that the department
will quickly allocate the support package to locals before August 15.
Currently, 92 percent of labourers who have their jobs delayed or take no-pay
leave, more than 365,000 freelance workers, 15,000 traders at traditional
markets and 5,800 business households have received support./.
Source: VietnamPlus
