Antibacterial substances distributed to aid anti-COVID-19 efforts
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has assigned the Ministry of Health to supply 15 tonnes of Chloramine B and 15 million water purification tablets, free of charge, from the national reserves to certain provinces and ministries to serve the COVID-19 fight.
The beneficiaries are Hai Duong, Gia Lai, and Quang Ninh provinces, which are all in the middle of a COVID-19 outbreak, along with the Border Guard High Command under the Ministry of National Defence and the Ministry of Health.
As of the morning of February 8, Vietnam had recorded 2,005 infections, of which 1,115 are community infections, with 422 detected since this latest outbreak hit the country on January 27.
Some 1,472 patients have recovered while fatalities remain unchanged at 35, according to the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control.
