Health worker checks temperature for patient (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – The of Hanoi,
Da Nang, Can Tho, Yen Bai, Lao Cai and Quang Ninh are among healthcare
facilities capable of conducting tests in Vietnam, according to the
Ministry of Health.
The ministry has published a list of 22 facilities that are qualified for doing
quick tests on blood samples and respiratory tract specimens using Real
time-Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) to identify the virus.
National-level qualified facilities include the National Institute of Hygiene
and Epidemiology, Pasteur Institutes in HCM City and Nha Trang, Institute of
Hygiene and Epidemiology in the Central Highlands region, National Hospital for
Tropical Diseases, National Paediatrics Hospital, Bach Mai Hospital, Military Hospital
108 and the Military Preventive Medicine Institute.
Hue Central Hospital, Thai Nguyen Central Hospital, Phu Tho province’s General
Hospital and the Vietnam-Russia Tropical Centre can also conduct the tests.
In Ho Chi Minh City, the city’s Hospital for Tropical Diseases, Cho Ray Hospital,
HCM City Paediatrics Hospital No 1 are on the list.
The health ministry asked the qualified labs to follow testing instructions of
the World Health Organisation and US’ Centres for Disease Control and
Prevention.
The facilities are responsible for reporting the positive test results to the
National Steering Committee on Prevention and Control and local
steering committees.
The RT-PCR test kits, which were developed by the Military Medical University
and Viet A Corporation, and have been approved by the health ministry, can
detect SARS-CoV-2 in specimens of droplets obtained from the respiratory tract
and blood samples.
The timescale for results, including the preparation time for the specimen, is
two hours.
Vietnam is able to make dozens of test kits per day at a cost of about 500,000 VND
(21.5 USD) for a single test./.
Source: VietnamPlus
