Nearly 51,000 patients recover from COVID-19 in Vietnam
VOV.VN - Vietnam has seen over 50,800 COVID-19 patients fully recover from the virus since the start of the pandemic, according to the latest report announced by the Ministry of Health on August 4.
The daily number of coronavirus recoveries has increased to more than 3,000 during the past few days, most in Ho Chi Minh City, the country’s largest coronavirus hotspot.
At present, 463 individuals are currently receiving intensive care treatment, with 20 others in critical condition and requiring ECMO support.
Elsewhere, a 500-bed COVID-19 intensive care unit (ICU) centre in Ho Chi Minh City has been put into operation. The number of ICU beds is expected to rise to 700 over the coming days as soon as the Ministry of Health provides additional medical workers and equipment.
In another development, Trinh Hoai Duc Gymnasium in Dong Da district of Hanoi has been converted into a vaccination site, one of 10 such locations dedicated to vaccinating local residents.
Hanoi has just launched its largest-ever COVID-19 vaccination campaign, aiming to inoculate more than 5.1 million people with the AstraZeneca, Pfizer, and Moderna vaccines.
This ongoing vaccination phase is taking place from August 2 to August 5, or alternatively until the allocated vaccines have been fully administered.
The Ministry of Health has meanwhile issued instructions relating to vaccine injections, with all people set to get both doses of the same vaccine, except for a mix of AstraZeneca and Pfizer.
