At the handover ceremony (Photo: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) – The Hanoi authorities and healthofficials, on August 11, received 50,000 COVID-19 sample collection kits worth5 billon VND (214,676 USD) as a gift from the Vietnam Dairy Products JSC(Vinamilk).
Speaking at the hand-over ceremony, President of the VietnamFatherland Front (VFF)'s Hanoi chapter Nguyen Lan Huong lauded the support,saying these kits will help the capital speed up the collection of samples ofall locals returning from Da Nang city, the latest pandemic hotspot.
She said Hanoi is making all-out efforts to contain thedisease and highlighted the importance of assistance from businesses,particularly Vinamilk, to such efforts.
Nguyen Thi Minh Tam from Vinamilk said engagement in thefight against COVID-19 is the responsibility and task of all society.
Vinamilk hopes the kits will help ease pressure at hotspotsof the pandemic and detect infected cases quicker for better treatment, she noted.
Earlier, on August 6, a meeting of the municipal steeringcommittee for COVID-19 prevention and control unveiled that Hanoi was facingdifficulties purchasing medical equipment for testing. Local authorities andhealth department have asked philanthropists to donate kits for Real-time – PRCtests.
All medical facilities in the capital are capable of testingbetween 9,000 and 10,000 samples a day./.
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