A teenager is vaccinated in ’s Cu Chi district. (Photo: VNA)
HCM
City (VNA) – Ho Chi Minh City has established eight temporary hospitals with
nearly 300 beds each to treat moderately ill COVID-19 patients and
people with underlying medical conditions as the number of COVID-19 cases
rises, according to the municipal Department of Health.
The
department also set up 70 in wards and communes
with a high number of patients, Dr Nguyen Huu Hung, Deputy Director
of the the municipal Department of Health, said at a press meeting on November
15.
The
city will continue to set up new mobile medical stations based on the
COVID-19 situation in districts and Thu Duc city. Each station will have
one doctor, one or two nurses, and volunteers to treat COVID-19 patients
at home.
According
to the city’s Centre for Diseases Control and Prevention, nearly 47,000
COVID-19 patients are being treated at home, accounting for 73 percent of the
city’s total number of COVID-19 patients.
Districts
Hoc Mon, Nha Be and 12, and currently have a high number of
COVID-19 cases.
Thu
Duc city has maintained three quarantine facilities, two temporary hospitals
and three COVID-19 treatment hospitals. Its wards also are setting up more
quarantine facilities with 30-50 beds each.
In
District 12, most COVID-19 patients have no or mild symptoms. They also
are fully vaccinated so they are being treated at home. The district has
medical staff that deliver medicine and conduct examinations of
patients at home.
The
district has also allowed workers who have contracted COVID-19 to be
treated at their manufacturing facility.
Binh
Chanh district has maintained 19 mobile medical stations to be ready
again, if necessary.
Hoc
Mon district has 31 mobile medical stations that treat COVID-19
patients at home, along with one health centres in communes and towns.
District
7 has set up a hotline 7300499 for information about COVID-19
patients and the nearest health stations.
The
city has prepared four scenarios to adapt to four risk levels of COVID-19.
Pham
Duc Hai, deputy head of the city’s Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention
and Control, said the city is at a medium risk level of COVID
spread. However, Can Gio district remains at a high risk.
The
number of deaths from COVID has increased in the last few days
in the city.
The
municipal Department of Education and Training has proposed that a
second COVID-19 vaccine shot for students aged 12-17 should start on
November 22.
As
of November 15, 662,838 aged 12-17 have received the first shot.
Districts and Thu Duc city have continued to give the first shot to the
remaining 5,590./.
Source: VietnamPlus
