Around 10,000 vials of Remdesivir have been distributed to 10 hospitals in Ho Chi Minh City to treat COVID-19 patients starting on August 8, according to the Ministry of Health.
VOV.VN - A special medical department has been established specifically aimed at looking after COVID-19 patients who are in the process of recovering from severe conditions after suffering with the virus.
VOV.VN - The Ministry of Health confirmed 3,301 new COVID-19 cases, with three imported infections on April 5 evening, pushing up the overall number in the day to 7,244, down 379 from one day earlier.
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.
VOV.VN - The nation’s daily infection tally rose to 8,377 following the detection of a further 4,851 fresh COVID-19 cases, including 37 imported infections, the Health Ministry said in its August 3 evening update.
The General Department of Logistics under the Ministry of Defence held a ceremony in Hanoi on August 1 to set off medical staff of the COVID-19 treatment hospital 5D to support Ho Chi Minh City and Binh Duong province where the pandemic continues developing unpredictably.
VOV.VN - A field hospital located in Hanoi which aims to offer treatment to COVID-19 patients in critical condition began construction on July 30, with the site providing between 500 and 700 beds set to be put into operation from late August.
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.