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Vietnam now has 6 units to test SARS-CoV-2

The Ministry of Health on February 26 decided to allow the Hue Central Policlinic and the Ho Chi Minh City Hospital of Tropical Diseases to perform tests for SARS-CoV-2 that causes the ravaging acute respiratory disease (COVID-19).
Vietnam now has 6 units to test SARS-CoV-2 ảnh 1A health worker at the Pasteur Institute of Nha Trang in Khanh Hoa province (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – The Ministry of Health onFebruary 26 decided to allow the Hue Central Policlinic and the Ho Chi Minh CityHospital of Tropical Diseases to perform tests for SARS-CoV-2 that causes the ravagingacute respiratory disease (COVID-19).

This brings the total establishments allowed to do the jobto six in the country, and the ministry is considering to let others do thesame in the time to come so as to make it around 30.

The ministry has been ordering its affiliates to makethorough preparations in terms of material infrastructure, equipment, personneland chemicals so as to cope with the COVID-19 epidemic. Besides, it has alsoasked relevant ministries to stand ready to provide support in case of need.

So far, Vietnam has conducted tests on 1,320 samples, with16 coming out positive and the rest negative for the virus./.
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