Health Ministry orders enhanced COVID-19 response

A COVID-19 response drill in Ho Chi Minh City (Photo: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) – The (MoH) has demanded
enhancing the detection, reception, management, and treatment of COVID-19 cases
as the pandemic remains complex around the world.

It made the request in a recent document sent to leaders of
provincial-level health departments, hospitals and institutes under its
management, and health divisions of other ministries and sectors.

The MoH
pointed out that the COVID-19 situation remains complicated as the world with
new variants continually recorded, including the immune evasive and highly
transmissible that has been reported in 70 countries.

It asked
the relevant parties to review and step up the reception and treatment of
patients; gear up sufficient personnel, medicine, and ;
continue training for health workers; increase consultation within hospitals
and with higher-level ones; and boost prevention measures to minimise disease
spreading in hospitals, especially among vulnerable groups of patients.

As of January 30, Vietnam recorded 11,526,461 cases of COVID-19,
including 10,612,147 recoveries and 43,186 deaths. More than 266.07 million
doses of COVID-19 vaccines were administered, according to the MoH./.