Third field hospital in Hai Duong to be completed on February 6
A third field hospital with 200 beds is being set up at the Sao Do University in the northern province of Hai Duong to treat COVID-19 patients and is expected to be completed on February 6.
A third field hospital with 200 beds is being set up at the Sao Do University. (Photo: VNA)
Hai Duong (VNA) - A third field hospital with 200 beds is being setup at the Sao Do University in the northern province of Hai Duong to treatCOVID-19 patients and is expected to be completed on February 6.
On February 2, the Sun Group, which has sponsored the construction of field hospitalsin the province, brought the equipment used at a similar hospital at Da Nang city’sTien Son sports centre to the country’s newest and largest COVID-19 hotspot.
Workers involved in the construction of the Tien Son field hospital were alsosent to Hai Duong to offer support.
According to the local steering committee for COVID-19 prevention and control, HaiDuong had documented 240 COVID-19 infections as of the morning of February 3.
One day earlier, a Ministry of Health working group ordered the province to lockdown 13 communes and wards in the cities of Hai Duong and Chi Linh and the districtsof Nam Sach, Cam Giang, and Kinh Mon, zone off 30 residential areas where infectionshave been detected, and collect samples for COVID-19 testing on a mass scale inthose areas.
The first field hospital, at the medical centre in Chi Linh city, is providing treatmentto 165 COVID-19 patients, while the second, at the Hai Duong Medical Technical University,is treating 49 patients./.
Social distancing was introduced in Chi Linh city in the northern province of Hai Duong from midday on January 28, following the detection of 73 cases of community transmission of the coronavirus in the locality, according a local official.
Vietnam reported 14 new COVID-19 community cases over the past 12 hours to 6:00 on January 31, according to the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control.
Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam on January 31 led a working delegation to the northern province of Hai Duong to inspect the COVID-19 prevention and control in the locality.
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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.
A third field hospital with 200 beds is being set up at the Sao Do University. (Photo: VNA) 
