Teleconference updates 700 hospitals on nCoV prevention measures
The Ministry of Health on February 8 held a teleconference to discuss and popularise prevention and treatment measures against the acute respiratory disease caused by the novel coronavirus (nCoV).
An isolation area in the Hospital for Tropical Diseases in HCM City (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – The Ministry of Health onFebruary 8 held a teleconference to discuss and popularise prevention andtreatment measures against the acute respiratorydisease caused by the novel coronavirus (nCoV).
The event, which was connected to 700 hospitals at all levels nationwide, sawthe participation of experts from the World Health Organisation (WHO),domestic hospitals and universities; representatives from health departmentsand disease control centres in provinces and cities, and local authorities acrossthe country.
Speaking at the event, Deputy Minister of Health Nguyen Thanh Long stressedthat the fight against nCoV in Vietnam has been implemented strongly with theinvolvement of all sectors and the drastic direction from the Government andthe Party Central Committee’s Secretariat.
Vietnam has successfully cultivated andisolated the novel coronavirus, enabling quicker tests of the virus, Longsaid.
Hestressed that isolation is an effective measure to prevent the virus outbreakin the context of the current epidemic is rapidly increasing from China.
According to the official, Vietnam’s hospitals have well performed theon-the-spot treatment and infection control.
At the event, the 700 hospitals were instructed to collect and preserve samplesand how to ensure biosecurity during the work.
Meanwhile, an acute respiratory disease hospital in Cu Chi district, Ho Chi Minh City is expected toofficially become operational on February 10 as part of the city’s efforts to preventthe disease.
Vice Director of the municipal Department of Health Tang Chi Thuong said medicalstaff of local hospitals will be mobilised to serve the operation of the fieldhospital, which will be managed by the Hospital for Tropical Diseases in HCM City.
In addition to the acute respiratory disease hospital, 47 hospitals with screening clinics and quarantine areas in the city have been assigned to receive and treat patients suspected of infecting the virus, the department said.
In recent days, thenorthern province of Vinh Phuc – the locality records the highest number ofvirus infections in the country, has been provided with medical supplies, aswell as financial and expertise assistance to effectively combat the disease./.
Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam has stressed the importance of the community-based isolation as a measure to fight the acute respiratory disease caused by the novel coronavirus (nCoV) that is threatening to spread further.
The Ministry of Health (MoH) on February 8 launched a subweb on its news portal and a mobile app on the acute respiratory disease caused by the novel coronavirus (nCoV) to support the prevention and control of the disease.
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Despite the ongoing global circulation and unpredictable developments of SARS-CoV-2, the World Health Organisation (WHO) hasn’t issued new warnings about COVID-19, said the Ministry of Health.
An isolation area in the Hospital for Tropical Diseases in HCM City (Photo: VNA) 
