Vietnamese Minister of Health Nguyen Thanh Long speaks at the virtual discussion (Source: suckhoedoisong.vn)Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam is willing to share its experience in COVID-19 prevention and control withLaos, said Minister of HealthNguyen Thanh Long in a virtual discussion with his Lao counterpart BounfengPhoummalaysith on April 29.
Expressing his gratitude towards the support of theVietnamese Government and the Ministry of Health for Laos and its people in thepast time, Bounfeng informed that since April 20, Laos has beenhit by the pandemic, which has spread to 15 out of 18 provinces nationwide.The national count of infection cases has been on the rise, with new infectionsmostly resulted from illegal immigrants, he said.
The Lao minister said there is no death from the disease so far,however, central-level hospitals in Vientiane are now filled up with COVID-19 patientsand Laos have put temporary COVID-19 treatment facilities into operation to meet demand.
Having said Laos is in need of about 10 COVID-19 testing Real-timePolymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) machines with a testing capacity of 40,000samples a day, he asked for Vietnam’s assistance in terms of equipment, and materials for pandemic prevention and treatment of patients.
Expressing his gratitude towards the support of theVietnamese Government and the Ministry of Health for Laos and its people in thepast time, Bounfeng informed that since April 20, Laos has beenhit by the pandemic, which has spread to 15 out of 18 provinces nationwide.The national count of infection cases has been on the rise, with new infectionsmostly resulted from illegal immigrants, he said.
The Lao minister said there is no death from the disease so far,however, central-level hospitals in Vientiane are now filled up with COVID-19 patientsand Laos have put temporary COVID-19 treatment facilities into operation to meet demand.
Having said Laos is in need of about 10 COVID-19 testing Real-timePolymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) machines with a testing capacity of 40,000samples a day, he asked for Vietnam’s assistance in terms of equipment, and materials for pandemic prevention and treatment of patients.
The minister also proposed Vietnam to send RT-PCR experts to help Laos and share experience in COVID-19 prevention and control as well as treament of patients.
For his part, Long shared Vietnam’s experience, emphasising the nation’s speedy actions, including drastic contact tracing for prompt quarantine and large-scale testing. To date, over 2 millionVietnamese have been tested for the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, while a remotemedical examination and treatment system, dubbed the Telehealth, that connects1,500 COVID-19 treatment facilities nationwide have been established so that patientscould receive top experts’ support from anywhere.
The minister told his Lao counterpart that the Vietnamese Partyand State had decided to present Laos with 200 ventilators, 2 million facemasks, and 10tonnes of chloromin, and other equipment.
The Vietnamese Ministry of Health will send experts to help Laos set upa testing system as soon as possible, he said, adding that those with expertisein establishing COVID-19 treatment hospitals, particularly the intensive careunit, will also be dispatched to the neighbouring nation.
Via virtual connection with the Telehealth installed byVietnamese engineers at treatment facilities of Laos, COVID-19 experts in Vietnamwill assists Lao doctors in tackling complicated cases, Long noted.
Vietnam is ready to dispatch a plane to carry the cargo and Vietnamese expertsto Vientiane whenever the Lao side can arrange, he affirmed./.
For his part, Long shared Vietnam’s experience, emphasising the nation’s speedy actions, including drastic contact tracing for prompt quarantine and large-scale testing. To date, over 2 millionVietnamese have been tested for the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, while a remotemedical examination and treatment system, dubbed the Telehealth, that connects1,500 COVID-19 treatment facilities nationwide have been established so that patientscould receive top experts’ support from anywhere.
The minister told his Lao counterpart that the Vietnamese Partyand State had decided to present Laos with 200 ventilators, 2 million facemasks, and 10tonnes of chloromin, and other equipment.
The Vietnamese Ministry of Health will send experts to help Laos set upa testing system as soon as possible, he said, adding that those with expertisein establishing COVID-19 treatment hospitals, particularly the intensive careunit, will also be dispatched to the neighbouring nation.
Via virtual connection with the Telehealth installed byVietnamese engineers at treatment facilities of Laos, COVID-19 experts in Vietnamwill assists Lao doctors in tackling complicated cases, Long noted.
Vietnam is ready to dispatch a plane to carry the cargo and Vietnamese expertsto Vientiane whenever the Lao side can arrange, he affirmed./.
VNA
