HCM City needs to prepare for the worst COVID-19 scenario: Deputy PM
Ho Chi Minh City needs to draw up plans for the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic, while ramping up efforts to seek vaccine sources, Standing Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh said on May 31.
A medic collects samples for COVID-19 testing in Go Vap district, HCM City. (Photo: VNA)
HCM City (VNA) – Ho Chi Minh City needs todraw up plans for the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic, while ramping up effortsto seek vaccine sources, Standing Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh said on May 31.
At a working session with representatives of the municipalDepartment of Health, Binh said apart from priority groups, HCM City shouldvaccinate workers and those working at industrial parks, as well as employeesat State-designated quarantine facilities.
The official asked the city to continue protecting thehealth of medical workers on the frontline of the COVID-19 fight throughinoculation.
Deputy Director of the municipal Health Department Tang Chi Thuongreported that as of May 31, local hospitals provided treatment for 221 COVID-19patients.
There is a severe case transferred from the southernprovince of Long An, he said, adding that the remaining patients are in stableconditions.
The Cu Chi COVID-19 treatment hospital is treating 100patients and quarantining 1,200 others returning from abroad. Meanwhile, theCan Gio one has admitted 127 patients since March 6.
Thuong said the city has prepared for the scenario of5,000 cases, with more than 1,900 ward beds, including 200 ICU beds.
Earlier the same day, Binh had a working session with theMilitary Zone 7 High Command regarding COVID-19 prevention and control, especiallyissues relating to concentrated quarantine establishments under its management./.
The State Committee for Overseas Vietnamese Affairs and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs held a ceremony in Hanoi on May 31 to receive 100 million VND (4,300 USD) and five tonnes of rice from Vietnamese Canadian Nguyen Hoai Bac, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Dai Son Trading Service Development and Investment JSC, in support of several localities in their fight against COVID-19.
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) handed over 1,500 COVID-19 test kits to the Ministry of Health (MoH) on May 31 as part of an effort to help put the spread of the virus in northern Vietnam under control.
Vietnam logged 85 new COVID-19 cases, including 82 domestically-transmitted and three imported, in the past six hours to 6pm on May 31, the Ministry of Health announced.
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A medic collects samples for COVID-19 testing in Go Vap district, HCM City. (Photo: VNA) 
