Ho Chi Minh City on September 23 recorded 140 deaths, the lowest in a month in terms of days, since the city entered the peak period of anti-epidemic. Pham Duc Hai, Deputy Head of Ho Chi Minh City’s Steering Committee for Covid-19 Prevention and Control, said at a press conference to provide information on the […]
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Special ‘nursing’ in the recovery area
Ho Chi Minh CityReceiving a phone call from the doctor, informing her that her mother was in critical condition because of Covid-19, had to be intubated, needed a caregiver, Ms. Truong Hoai Nga burst into tears and hurriedly packed her clothes and rushed to the hospital. Ms. Nga’s house, 36 years old, is located next […]
More than 35,000 F0 Ho Chi Minh City are being treated at home
Ho Chi Minh City35,342 F0 are isolated at home, accounting for about 40% of the total number of infections currently being treated in the city, as of September 23. Ms. Nguyen Thi Huynh Mai, Chief of Office of Ho Chi Minh City Department of Health said the above information at a press conference to provide […]
Ho Chi Minh City retains three field hospitals with ICUs
Ho Chi Minh City will retain the field hospitals 13, 14, 16 with emergency resuscitation centers (ICUs), and gradually reduce the function of other field hospitals, from now until the end of December. The information was announced by Ms. Nguyen Thi Huynh Mai, Chief of the Office of the Ho Chi Minh City Department of […]
The overall positive rate in Ho Chi Minh City is 0.2%.
During the large-scale testing from September 22 to September 25, the overall positive rate of high-risk areas in Ho Chi Minh City decreased from 0.4% to 0.2% of the total number of samples taken. Nguyen Hong Tam, deputy director in charge of the Ho Chi Minh City Center for Disease Control (HCDC), said at a […]
‘If 150,000 more cases are recorded, the death rate in Ho Chi Minh City will decrease’
Ho Chi Minh CityAccording to the Deputy Director of the Department of Health, if 150,000 people with positive Covid-19 rapid test results are issued a code by the Ministry of Health, the patient death rate in the city will decrease, not 4% as previously calculated. . Information provided by the doctor Nguyen Van Vinh Chau […]
1.9 million Ho Chi Minh City people over 50 years old need Covid-19 vaccine
According to the Population Department’s statistics, as of June 30, Ho Chi Minh City has 1.9 million people over 50 years old, accounting for about 20% of the total population (9.1 million), in the need of vaccination, but it is not clear how many. who have been injected. Nguyen Hong Tam, deputy director in charge […]
Ho Chi Minh City has not shortened the time for two doses of AstraZeneca vaccine
Ho Chi Minh CityThe interval between two doses of AstraZeneca injection in Ho Chi Minh City is still 8-12 weeks according to the guidance of the Ministry of Health, not shortened to 6 weeks as proposed by the Department of Health last week. The information was said by Mr. Nguyen Huu Hung, deputy director of […]
How does Ho Chi Minh City reduce the load on doctors and nurses?
The Department of Health of Ho Chi Minh City requires units that have withdrawn from the field hospital to add replacement personnel; ensure rest time, suitable diet, do not let medical staff do administrative work. In a document sent to districts, field hospitals, Covid-19 treatment and isolation areas, on September 12, the Department of Health […]
Find relatives for psychotic F0
Ho Chi Minh CityA man in his 40s, mentally ill, recovered from Covid-19 at the No. 4 Field Hospital, was searched by doctors for relatives. The Department of Social Work, City Children’s Hospital, the medical unit at Field Hospital No. 4, Binh Chanh District, on September 6, said the man was brought here to be […]