The Indian Business Chamber in Vietnam (Incham) on July 30 virtually signed a contract with the Viet Gia Medical Equipment JSC on the purchase of a extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) machine imported from Germany.

A series of online conferences themed “Overseas Vietnamese join hands in overcoming the pandemic” will be launched on July 31 by a Vietnamese Italian expert team led by Doctor Karen Kieu Nguyen.

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Health has assigned centrally-run hospitals to urgently establish three intensive care unit (ICU) centres in order to provide treatment to severely-ill COVID-19 patients in Ho Chi Minh City.

The efficiency must be placed first and all medical resources must be mobilised to fight the COVID-19 pandemic, regardless of public or private, military or civilian, central or local level.

VOV.VN - As many as 1,955 COVID-19 patients were discharged from hospital in Ho Chi Minh City on July 26 after making a full recovery from the disease, according to the HCM City Centre of Disease Control (HCDC).

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Health (MoH) has decided to use Andrographis, an Asian herb, to treat COVID-19 patients on a trial basis.

VOV.VN - Roughly 100 COVID-19 patients in critical condition and 300 severely-ill patients are currently receiving treatment at a COVID-19 rehabilitation hospital in Ho Chi Minh City, the largest coronavirus hotspot in Vietnam.

Hanoi is working to ready 5,000 hospital beds for COVID-19 patients as the pandemic is developing complicatedly and unpredictably in the city.

VOV.VN - Two flights transporting 800 ventilators from Hanoi to Ho Chi Minh City were operated on July 19 to provide hospitals in Ho Chi Minh City, the largest coronavirus hotspot in Vietnam, with additional medical supplies to treat COVID-19 patients.

Ho Chi Minh City is piloting the use of a mobile app developed by military-run telecom group Viettel to continuously monitor close contacts with COVID-19 patients, or F1 cases, who are under home quarantine.