Under the decision signed on Friday by Minister of Health Nguyen Thanh Long, Vietnam-Germany Friendship Hospital and the National Hospital of Obstetrics and Gynecology to help Ba Ria-Vung Tau in assessing the province’s current conditions of sick-beds, medical equipment, medicines as well as staff for define possible difficulties in Covid-19 prevention and control activities.
A Covid-19 patient in HCM City
The two hospitals have also been asked to set up Covid-19 intensive care centres in Ba Ria-Vung Tau and provide training courses in Covid-19 treatment for local medical facilities.
On the same day, K Hospital in Hanoi sent a delegation of 17 staff, including senior experts, to Kien Giang Province which is also facing a sharp increase in new Covid-19 infections.
Earlier, the Ministry of Health instructed 14 hospitals to support HCM City and 10 southern localities.
According to Health Minister Nguyen Thanh Long, Vietnam has received 156.4 million of Covid-19 vaccine doses with 143.4 million doses distributed to cities and provinces. By late Friday, over 131 million doses had been used. Localities are speeding up second jabs for people.