Covid 19 outbreak

This includes 800 patients who could neither be discharged nor transferred anywhere else. About 552 of them are patients with kidney failures who require hemodialysis. About 100 others are patients’ relatives staying behind to take care of their loved ones, while most family members have been transferred to a quarantine zone in the Hoa Lac area, said Nguyen Quang Tuan, director of the Bach Mai Hospital. … [Read more...] about Covid-19 lockdown: Hanoi hospital lacks food, necessities for 3,500 inmates

The Doing Exercises, Enhancing Physique videos feature easy-to-remember dance moves reminding viewers of coronavirus infection prevention and control measures such as wearing masks, washing hands and practicing social distancing - PHOTO: COURTESY OF HTV3 DREAMS TV HCMC – The award-winning LYRICÍST dance crew and HTV3 Dreams TV are introducing a number of videos with exciting dance moves and music to promote physical activities at home during the Covid-19 outbreak. … [Read more...] about Fun videos raise awareness of self-protection amid Covid-19 outbreak

Since the COVID-19 outbreak in China’s Wuhan city in late January, the Vietnamese Embassy in Laos has called on overseas Vietnamese students in Laos to keep close watch on the disease developments and strictly follow prevention instructions and policies of the Ministries of Health of the two countries. … [Read more...] about 27 more COVID-19 patients released from Hanoi’s hospital

Personnel from the Vietnam Army’s chemical division disinfected Hanoi’s Bach Mai Hospital on March 28 night after COVID-19 infections were linked to it. … [Read more...] about Bach Mai hospital disinfected after COVID-19 outbreak

One patient is a 41-year old man from Hanoi's Thanh Oai District who went to the Centre for Tropical Diseases of the Bach Mai Hospital for medical check on March 12. All of the above patients are being treated at the National Hospital for Tropical Diseases in Hanoi with their health reportedly in stable conditions. The last patient is a 35-year-old Vietnamese woman who returned to Ho Chi Minh City from Greece on March 17 after transiting in Turkey. She was taken to a centralised quarantine facility in Nha Be District. Of the total infection cases confirmed in Vietnam so far, 55 have been discharged from hospital after recovering while the rest are being treated at 22 medical facilities across the country. Bach Mai Hospital is among two Covid-19 outbreaks in Vietnam along with Buddha Bar in HCM City. Three Covid-19 infection sources have been identified in the hospital including the Department of Neurology, the Centre for Tropical Diseases and the restaurant area operated by the … [Read more...] about Nine more Covid-19 cases confirmed, bringing total to 203