The healthcare centre of Dien Bien Phu city, Dien Bien province, has been designated as a temporary hospital for COVID-19 treatment (Photo: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) – The localities recording community
transmission of COVID-19 over the last few days are ramping up large-scale testing
as well as other measures in an effort to curb the latest resurgence of the
coronavirus SARS-CoV-2.
As of the end of February 5, Ha Long city in northern
Quang Ninh province, one of the two localities where the new outbreak began,
had collected more than 8,000 samples from four high-risk wards, Ha Khau, Gieng
Day, Bai Chay, and Hung Thang, which are all related to five COVID-19 cases
in Ha Khau.
Apart from testing local residents, Ha Long also
prioritises giving tests for all medical staff, inpatients and outpatients in all
hospitals, high-risk workers in healthcare establishments, people coming from
outbreak-hit areas and those with close contact with them, personnel working in
the frontlines, sellers in markets, drivers from outbreak-hit areas, and the
ones guarding markets and shopping centres.
The city plans to complete widespread testing before
February 8 so as to identify safe areas for Lunar New Year celebrations.
Quang Ninh province has recorded 46 local infections
of COVID-19 in the latest outbreak since January 27.
In the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai, 4,134
samples had been taken for testing as of 5pm on February 5. They include 18
positive for the and 3,270 others negative while the
remaining 846 are still waiting for testing results.
Nguyen Thi Thanh Lich, Vice Chairwoman of the
provincial People’s Committee and deputy head of the Gia Lai steering committee
for COVID-19 prevention and control, said efforts have been boosted on February
6 to collect samples from all residents in Ayun Pa township and Ia Pa district, two
hotbeds in Gia Lai, in order to contain the outbreak as soon as possible.
In the northwestern province of Dien Bien, which has registered
three locally-infected cases, the healthcare centre of Dien Bien Phu city has
been chosen to become a temporary hospital for COVID-19 treatment.
Dao Xuan Co, Deputy Director of the Hanoi-based Bach
Mai Hospital, told local authorities at a meeting on February 6 that his
hospital has sent personnel and equipment to support the newly designated
establishment.
A delegation from the Hanoi-based National Institute
of Hygiene and Epidemiology also came to Dien Bien on February 6 to help the province
improve testing capacity.
As of February 6 morning, Vietnam had
reported 1,976 cases of . They include 1,087 cases of community
transmission, with 394 posted since January 27, when the new outbreak started.
As many as 1,465 patients have recovered while the
number of related deaths stays unchanged, at 35, according to the National
Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control./.
Source: VietnamPlus
