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HCM City establishes concentrated quarantine facilities for asymptomatic COVID-19 patients

HCM City establishes concentrated quarantine facilities in districts for asymptomatic COVID-19 patients

The Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee on July 21 decided to set up concentrated quarantine facilities in its districts and Thu Duc city for COVID-19 patients who show no symptoms, to ease the pressure on hospitals amid the complicated developments of COVID-19 pandemic.
HCM City establishes concentrated quarantine facilities in districts for asymptomatic COVID-19 patients ảnh 1Samples for PCR testing (Photo: VNA)

HCM City (VNA) – The Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee on July 21decided to set up concentrated quarantine facilities in its districts and Thu Duc city for COVID-19 patients who show no symptoms, to ease the pressure on hospitals amid the complicated developments of COVID-19 pandemic. 


Those facilities will receive patients withoutclinical symptoms and underlying diseases and monitor their health so as to promptlydiscover abnormal symptoms that are likely to turn serious.

HCM City establishes concentrated quarantine facilities in districts for asymptomatic COVID-19 patients ảnh 2Illustrative image (Photo: VNA)

In case the condition of any patients worsens, the facilities must promptly put them on oxygen ventilators, and transfer them to hospitals for timely treatment.

Each facility must be equipped with all necessary equipment and supplies to give emergency treatment to patients pending transfer to hospitals./.

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