Deputy Health Minister: anti-body testing to discover infections
Deputy Health Minister Nguyen Truong Son said on August 5 that the current goal is to step up anti-body testing to discover COVID-19 infection cases in the community.
At Hue Central Hospital, second branch (Photo: VNA)
Da Nang (VNA) – Deputy Health Minister NguyenTruong Son said on August 5 that the current goal is to step up anti-body testingto discover COVID-19 infection cases in the community.
Son said the health sector is carrying out Real-time – PRC andanti-body tests.
The central city of Da Nang has raised its testing capacityto 8,000-10,000 samples per day.
While the Da Nang Centre for Disease Control and Preventionis tracing down patients in the community, the Health Ministry sent a team ofexperts from the National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology to the city tohelp with quarantine and tracing of suspect cases, he said.
After the Da Nang Hospital, Da Nang C Hospital and the HoChi Minh City Orthopedics and Rehabilitation Hospital are sterilised, Son said theywill be assessed based on the ministry’s safety criteria for COVID-19prevention and control, including building a process to classify patients, andclosely controlling patients with respiratory symptoms to prevent communityinfections./.
Vietnam reported two COVID-19 cases on August 5 morning, both linked to the outbreak in the central city of Da Nang, according to the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control.
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At Hue Central Hospital, second branch (Photo: VNA) 
