Da Nang sets up more field hospital for COVID-19 treatment
The Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control of Da Nang central city of on July 31 decided to set up one more field hospital in Hoa Vang district’s medical centre, aiming to serve the reception of and treatment for COVID-19 patients.
Taking samples for SARS-CoV-2 testing in Vietnam (Photo: VNA)
Da Nang (VNA) – The St⛄eering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention andControl of Da Nang central city on July 31 decided to set up one more fieldhospital in Hoa Vang district’s medical centre, aiming to serve the reception ofand treatment for COVID-19 patients.
The 200-bed hospital will beused for quarantining and treating COVID-19 patients.
The committee ordered themunicipal Department of Health to give advice and propose the city’s leaders toissue a decision related to the organisation of the hospital.
Previously, the municipal People’s Committeedecided to establish a 1,000-bed field hospital in Tien Son Sport Centre.The municipal Department of Construction is working with relevant units to discussa plan for building the hospital.
As of 10:am on July 31, Vietnam had reported 509 COVID-19 cases, with 80 in Da Nang city, including eight medical workers, 44 patients, 26 family members of patients, and two detected in the community. A COVID-19 patient with multiple comorbidities was confirmed to die on the same day. On July 31 alone, the country confirmed 45 cases, all of whom had been quarantined at medical facilities and tested for the virus. Thirteen cases were also reported in the central provinces of Quang Nam (seven) and Quang Ngai (one), Ho Chi Minh City (two), Hanoi (two), and the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak (one). All of them are linked to the Da Nang outbreak./.
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Taking samples for SARS-CoV-2 testing in Vietnam (Photo: VNA) 
