One facility with 600 beds will be located at dormitories at Water Resources University in Dong Da District. It will serve Covid-19 patients who are asymptomatic or suffering only mild symptoms. Eleven medical staff have been sent to set up the facility. However, the site needs around an additional 30 people to ensure security and logistics.
Hanoi has used the dormitories of two universities as facilities for Covid-19 treatment amid the city’s rising Covid-19 infections
Meanwhile, Hai Ba Trung District has decided to use dormitories at Hanoi University of Civil Engineering for the treatment of Covid-19 cases with none or mild symptoms. The facility will have 250 beds. Medical staff will be assigned to be on duty around-the-clock to support patients.
The Hanoi Department of Health reported that by late Monday, the city had 9,463 Covid-19 patients, including 2,800 being treated at mobile medical stations and 540 being at home.
Hanoi Party Secretary Dinh Tien Dung said that the pandemic would worsen during the coming Christmas and New Year holidays, so the city had prepared for a scenario of between 2,000-3,000 daily cases.
