A medical worker tests samples at the disease control centre of Thanh Hoa province (Photo: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam has had a good control of the
COVID-19 outbreak, and many patients have tested negative for the novel
coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, according to the national steering committee for the
pandemic prevention and control.
At its meeting on March 27, the committee
reported that as of the day’s morning, Vietnam had recorded 153 cases positive
for SARS-CoV-2 that causes COVID-19, 17 of whom had fully recovered. Later the
same day, three more cases in Da Nang city were also discharged from hospital.
Thirty-seven patients have tested negative once
while 13 others had their treatment finished, including eight negative twice
and five negative thrice, it said, noting that the three patients in serious
conditions are currently under intensive care at the Hanoi-based National
Hospital for Tropical Diseases.
Regarding the hotbed at Bach Mai Hospital in
Hanoi, three of its units related to COVID-19 cases, namely the institute for
cardiovascular diseases, the neurology department and the centre for tropical
diseases, have been kept in complete quarantine, Deputy Minister of Health
Nguyen Thanh Long said.
Screening tests are being conducted for all the
hospital staff, nearly 4,000 people, and about 1,000 patients treated for other
diseases there. It has also suspended certain services, widened the gap between
patient beds at overloaded departments, and examined patients to ensure that
they do not contract the virus before leaving hospital.
Authorities of Ho Chi Minh City have seen 153
people with direct contact with cases at Buddha Bar in District 1 going
to concentrated quarantine facilities. Meanwhile, the hotbeds linked with Case
100 in the city’s District 8 and Case 34 in Phan Thiet city of Binh Thuan
province have also been quarantined.
Basically, the hotbeds have been placed under
control, the deputy minister noted.
At the meeting, Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc
Dam, head of the national steering committee, said some opinions forecast
Vietnam would have had 1,000 people positive for SARS-CoV-2 by March 31.
However, this figure is calculated basing on the speed of the virus spread in
the world as statistics show that the average time for the number of
cases to rise from 100 to 1,000 in the world is nine days.
By taking concerted and effective measures,
Vietnam has had a good control of the pandemic, and it won’t have had 1,000
infection cases by March 31, according to him.
If each people seriously complies with
directions by the Party, the Government and the steering committee, and follow
health agencies’ recommendations, the country will definitely come to success
like in the first phase of the COVID-19 fight, he said, adding that it is
determined to limit the number of cases at less than 1,000./.
Source: VietnamPlus
