Deputy Minister of Health Nguyen Truong Son (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) - The Ministry of Health helda teleconference recently discussing measures to ensure safety in battlingCOVID-19 at medical facilities, with more than 700 units around the countryparticipating.
The teleconference reviewed lessons in COVID-19 treatment and measures to contain the spread of this and other acuterespiratory diseases in hospitals.
In his opening remarks, Deputy Minister of Health NguyenTruong Son underlined that in addition to quarantining people that visited pandemic-hitregions, early detection and appropriate treatment have an important role toplay in coping with the disease.
The ministry has prepared guidelines on COVID-19diagnoses and treatment at hospitals, with updates from previous outbreaks and theexperience of others.
Notably, the establishment of a centre providingonline consultations has contributed to saving critical COVID-19 patients andraising treatment quality.
The pandemic has broken out in 215 countries andterritories worldwide, Son noted. More than 34 million people have been infected with the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, which causes COVID-19, while over 1 million havedied.
Vietnam has so far reported 1,095 cases, of which 1,018 havenow been given the all-clear, for a recovery rate of 96.4 percent. The country hasalso recorded 35 fatalities.
A total of 54 medical facilities around the countryhave provided treatment to COVID-19 patients. Thirty-two patients are now beingtreated at nine hospitals./.
