Hai Duong (VNA) - Chairman of the Hai Duong provincial People's Committee Nguyen Duong Thai, who is also head of theprovincial Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control, on February 27 decided to dissolve the hospital No.1 for COVID-19 treatment as the locality has basicallykept the pandemic under control.
All the COVID-19 cases being treated at the hospital were transferred to theCOVID-19 treatment hospital No.3 at Sao Do University in Chi Linh city, which is managedby the Hai Duong General Hospital.
The hospitalNo.1 was established on February 2 at Chi Linh city’s medical centre to servetreatment for COVID-19 patients after a new COVID-19 outbreak in thelocality, with hundreds of infections were confirmed.
According to the provincial Centre for Disease Control, as of 4:00 pm onFebruary 27, Hai Duong recorded a total of 653 coronavirus infections. The numberof F1 cases is 16,385, of which 3,328 are quarantined in concentrated quarantine sites. The locality has so far collected over 400,000 samples for SARS-CoV-2testing.
Vietnam reported no new COVID-19 case on February28 morning, making the national count unchanged at 2,432, according to theNational Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control.
A total 1,844COVID-19 patients have recovered so far, and the death toll remains at 35./.