Illustrative photo (Source: ncov.moh.gov.vn)Hanoi (VNA) - The National Steering Committee for COVID-19Prevention and Control has issued an urgent dispatch requesting cities and provincesstep up preventive measures at health facilities.
After going through 99 days without a community infection, since July 25,hospitals in Vietnam, especially in the central city of Da Nang, have detecteda number of new COVID-19 cases, including among medical staff. The sources ofthe transmissions are yet to be identified.
The steering committee requested that people’s committees, directors ofhealth departments, and heads of hospitals in cities and provinces nationwide quicklybring their disease prevention and control measures up to speed.
Such measures include tightening the implementation of COVID-19-relatedregulations at health facilities, making lists of and monitoring medical staffand patients linked to confirmed cases, and increasing screening work topromptly detect infections.
The Department for Management of Medical Examinations and Treatment aswell as the inspection unit at the Health Ministry, and city and provincialhealth departments have been tasked with ensuring the dispatch is followed.These agencies have also been asked to propose the Health Ministry and the localpeople’s committees consider temporary closure of high-risk hospitals./.
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