Checking body temperature of a driver (Photo: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) - The Ministry of Health on April 10 sent a special working group to helpHanoi fight the raging COVID-19 pandemic.
The group isled by the Deputy Director of the National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology Tran Nhu Duong,who has experience in controlling the disease in Son Loi commune in northern VinhPhuc province’s Binh Xuyen district and an outbreak in the south-central provinceof Binh Thuan.
The National SteeringCommittee on COVID-19 Prevention and Control said on April 10 that four residentsin Ha Loi village in Hanoi’s Me Linh outlying district have tested positive for the virus.The entire village of 2,711 households and 11,077 residents has been quarantined.
Regarding the outbreakin the capital’s Bach Mai Hospital, the committee said the hospital hasquarantined 546 patients while 28,810 people who visited the establishment after March12 are being quarantined in localities.
Meanwhile, 4,466 peoplewho visited Buddha Bar in HCM City, which was the centre of 18 infections, are beingquarantined. Of these, 4,416 have tested negative for the virus.
In northern Ha Nam province,140 people with close contact with the 251st patient have beentested, with 99 negative. The remainder are awaiting results.
The committeesaid the Health Ministry has allowed the Dong Nai Provincial General Hospital, theDong Nai Thong That General Hospital, and the An Giang General Hospital to conducttests. Thirty-nine laboratories have been certified.
The ministry has alsoset up two teams to monitor the observance of regulations on COVID-19 preventionand control at health facilities./.
VNA
