The team will assist in zoning off high-risk areas and environmental hygiene, as well as medical treatment in Ha Loi Village.
According to Associate Prof. Dr. Tran Nhu Duong, deputy head of the National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology, the team includes experts who even participated in the support of Son Loi Commune in the northern province to deal with Covid-19 infections early this year.
Ha Loi Village has become a new outbreak in Hanoi following a local man or the country’s 243rd patient, coming from Bach Mai Hospital tested positive for the virus. After that, three other villagers have been also infected with the virus, including a local man who is undergoing treatment at Hanoi Kidney Hospital.
Ha Loi Village which is home to more than 11,000 people have been quarantined.
As a result, the kidney hospital has been quarantined with at least 45 identified to have contact with him.
By Friday evening, Vietnam confirmed 257 Covid-19 cases, including 144 being recovered.
