Preparations for vaccine injection (Photo: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) – Workers in the northern provinces of Bac Giang and , two localities
hit hardest by the ongoing COVID-19 outbreak, began receiving on
May 27.
had 300
workers receiving shots and Bac Ninh 100.
Some 140,000 more workers
in the two provinces are to receive shots soon.
A temporary
hospital for COVID-19 treatment has been built at a gymnasium in Bac Giang, with
about 540 beds and nearly 700 medical staff.
On the same day, a
Ministry of Health (MoH) special taskforce on COVID-19 prevention and control
in Bac Ninh was set up, led by Deputy Minister Do Xuan Tuyen.
Minister of Health
Nguyen Thanh Long has called on 125 medical schools nationwide to send
personnel to the two provinces in a bid to support the fight against the
pandemic.
More than 1,970
staffers and students at 15 medical schools have engaged in the fight in
various localities and helped the MoH’s General Department of Preventive
Medicine keep a close eye on the development of the pandemic.
As of May 27 noon,
nearly 24,000 medical lecturers and students from 34 training establishments had
registered to join.
Some 3,104
domestic cases have been logged since Vietnam was hit by this fourth wave on
April 27./.
Source: VietnamPlus
