13 COVID-19 patients recover in Hai Duong province
Thirteen patients in a COVID-19 treatment hospital in Hai Duong province, the country’s current largest coronavirus hotspot were given the all-clear on February 24.
Thirteen patients in a COVID-19 treatment hospital in Hai Duong province, the country’s current largest coronavirus hotspot, were given the all-clear on February 24. (Photo: VNA)
Hai Duong (VNA) – Thirteen patients in aCOVID-19 treatment hospital in Hai Duong province, the country’s currentlargest coronavirus hotspot, were given the all-clear on February 24.
The patients, who were treated at the COVID-19 hospitalset up within the campus of the Hai Duong Medical Technical University in HaiDuong city, will undergo 14-day home quarantine under the supervision of localauthorities and test for the coronavirus before the end of the quarantine.
The total number of recovered patients in the provincenow reaches 225.
According to the provincial Steering Committee forCOVID-19 Prevention and Control, over the past 24 hours to 16:00 on February 24,Hai Duong had reported 11 cases, raising its count to 636.
The province has collected nearly 300,000 samples forCOVID-19 testing so far. It plans to conduct large-scale testing for the novelcoronavirus, using Realtime-PCR technology, from February 24.
The move aims to measure the spread of COVID-19 in theprovince to help it respond better to the disease while identifying safe areasto boost economic recovery.
People targeted by the testing are divided into threegroups: the high-risk group who are people from Chi Linh and Hai Duong cities,and Kim Thanh and Cam Giang districts; the medium-risk including people fromthe districts of Kinh Mon, Nam Sach and Binh Giang; and the low-risk comprisingthose from Ninh Giang, Thanh Ha, Tu Ky, Gia Loc and Thanh Mien.
Hai Duong now has six labs for COVID-19 testing usingRealtime-PCR, located in the provincial Centre for Disease Control, GeneralHospital, Hospital for Tropical Diseases, Children’s Hospital, Tuberculosis andLung Disease Hospital, and the Hospital of Hai Duong Medical TechnicalUniversity.
The province is now capable of collecting 50,000 to60,000 samples and processing as much as 8,500 individual test samples on adaily basis. The results normally come out after 24 hours./.
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Thirteen patients in a COVID-19 treatment hospital in Hai Duong province, the country’s current largest coronavirus hotspot, were given the all-clear on February 24. (Photo: VNA) 
