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On the night of Jan. 27, Quang Ninh recorded one of Vietnam's first Covid-19 community transmissions in nearly two months: a man who works at Van Don International Airport. The man, eventually designated "Patient 1553", was taken to Hanoi's National Hospital for Tropical Diseases for treatment. Those who had been in contact with the patient were quarantined at the No. 2 field hospital in Ha Long, with dozens of cases subsequently confirmed infected. Every morning, doctors and nurses at the field hospital convened with peers across the country through a telehealth system to help diagnose and treat Covid-19 patients. The hospital has 250 beds, along with state-of-the-art equipment for receiving, diagnosing and treating Covid-19 patients and suspected cases. Over 100 medical workers and other employees are working at the hospital. Doctors treat Covid-19 patients twice a day while wearing protective suits. Nurse Nguyen Khac Sang, 34, has become a barber during his time at the … [Read more...] about Doctors, nurses at Quang Ninh field hospital go all out in Covid-19 fight

The northern province of Hai Duong has called for more support from the Ministry of Health as the province has continued witnessing widespread Covid-19 infections. By 6 am this morning, February 18, Hai Duong had a total number of 557 Covid-19 patients, mostly focusing in Chi Linh City, Hai Duong City and the districts of Cam Giang, Kinh Mon and Nam Sach. Hai Duong calls for further assistance in Covid-19 fight To date, all 12 districts in Hai Duong have been affected by the epidemic. In this context, the province has asked the Ministry of Health to instruct the two frontline hospitals in Hanoi to help set up more Covid-19 testing laboratories in Hai Duong. Specifically, under the provincial Covid-19 Prevention and Control Steering Board's proposal, Bach Mai Hospital will assist in establishing a Covid-19 testing laboratory at the province’s second field hospital. Meanwhile, the National Hospital for Tropical Diseases will help to build testing … [Read more...] about Hai Duong calls for further assistance in Covid-19 fight

In the face of climate change “accelerating its pace”, environmental activists, artists, celebrities and politicians called for the world’s unity in preventing the climate crisis during a recent virtual Countdown symposium. The European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) found that over the course of 12 months from September 2019 to September 2020, the Earth’s temperature was nearly 1.3 degrees Celsius higher than pre-industrial levels. This is an alarming sign as such a level is close to the threshold of 1.5 degrees Celsius, which has been warned could cause serious impacts to the climate. The temperature was “exceptionally high” in northern Siberia as this region and much of the Arctic Circle recorded abnormally hot weather several months before. The Middle East sweltered, too, with record temperatures set in Turkey, Israel and Jordan. In Los Angeles County, daytime values reached a record peak of 49 degrees Celsius, and intense heat caused the US state of California … [Read more...] about No room for climate delay

The Hanoitimes - Heads of local governments are empowered to make decisions on Covid-19 fight. Heads of many Vietnam’s cities and provinces have proposed the Presidium of the Communist Party of Vietnam’s 13th Congress to leave the ongoing sitting for pandemic battle in their localities. Vietnam's Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc at the meeting on January 29. Photo: VGP They have been allowed to go back their hometown from Hanoi to directly instruct the Covid-19 fight after the Ministry of Health reported additional 53 locally-transmitted cases on Friday, totaling 149 local infections within four days. All the new cases are related to Hai Duong and Quang Ninh outbreaks that flared up on January 25, breaking Vietnam’s 55-day streak without community transmission. Vaccine purchase Chairing a meeting today [January 29] at the venue of the 13th Congress, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc asked the Ministry of Health to propose vaccine purchase plan in the … [Read more...] about Vietnam officials leave National Congress for pandemic fight

On the same day, leaders of Hai Duong province visited and presented gifts to medical workers and volunteer medical students in several facilities in the province. At Field 2 Hospital treating COVID-19 patients under Hai Duong Medical Technical University’s Hospital in Hai Duong city, Hai Duong Provincial Party Committee Deputy Secretary Trieu The Hung expressed his deep gratitude to physicians, medical experts and volunteers for their efforts to overcome difficulties and contributions to the fight against COVID-19 in the province for nearly a month. According to Associate Professor, Dr. Dinh Thi Dieu Hang, Rector of Hai Duong Medical Technical University, currently, along with a team of 18 doctors and experts from the Hanoi-based Bach Mai Hospital, the school is mobilising nearly 1,000 officials, lecturers, physicians and students to participate in the prevention and fight against the epidemic in Hai Duong. At two field hospitals No. 1 and 3 of the province in Chi Linh city, … [Read more...] about PM pays gratitude to “white-blouse soldiers” in the fight against COVID-19