Ho Chi Minh City prepares 10,000-bed concentrated medical isolation capacity

Facing the complicated situation of the Covid-19 epidemic in many localities across the country, Ho Chi Minh City has activated the Covid-19 epidemic prevention and control system at the highest level, ready to cope with all levels of epidemics. .

Students of the University of Medicine and Pharmacy in Ho Chi Minh City have their temperature taken before entering class. Photo: Pham Huu At noon on May 10, Ho Chi Minh City’s Steering Committee for Covid-19 Prevention and Control had an unexpected meeting with departments, branches, Thu Duc city and districts on epidemic prevention and control in the province. city ​​table. Member of the Party Central Committee, Deputy Secretary of the City Party Committee, Chairman of the People’s Committee of Ho Chi Minh City, Head of the City Steering Committee for Covid-19 Prevention and Control Nguyen Thanh Phong chaired the meeting. Reported at the meeting, Mr. Nguyen Tan Binh, Director of Ho Chi Minh City’s Department of Health, said that recently, the city has appeared a risk factor for the spread of Covid-19 from 41 isolation areas in the hotel. 350 isolation areas of the army and 24 isolation areas in districts. The second risk is that Ho Chi Minh City hospitals are the last lines with a large concentration of patients from provinces and cities. The third is the risk from illegal entry, which the city’s health sector has recorded a number of cases of Covid-19. The fourth is the case of returning home after the last holiday, especially returning from places where there are cases of infection. Mr. Nguyen Tan Binh said that the city’s health sector has reactivated all sets of safety criteria to prevent and control the Covid-19 epidemic in all fields. The city is ready to test 5,000 samples/day, which can be increased to 30,000 – 40,000 samples/day at the request of the Ministry of Health. As for the capacity to treat patients with Covid-19, the city has a plan to treat 50-100 cases at the same time and can increase it to over 200 cases. The city’s Department of Health has planned to treat more than 5,000 cases at the same time. Speaking at the meeting, Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee Nguyen Thanh Phong said that in the face of the indicated risks, the city must activate the Covid-19 epidemic prevention and control system at the highest level. “The city has Tan Son Nhat international airport, 60 large and small seaports, many last-line hospitals, so it has to activate a highly concentrated epidemic prevention and control system in these places,” said Comrade Nguyen Thanh Phong. strong. Comrade Nguyen Thanh Phong requested, in addition to drastic and strict measures, it is necessary to add measures to prevent and control the epidemic in places and areas with high risk of infection. Specifically, for airways, pay attention to security control and on-board aircraft; for roads, re-establishing checkpoints to collect medical declarations, all people coming from localities with infection chains are required to make medical declarations; For waterways, the city’s border guards must consider epidemic prevention and control as the top task at this time. Industrial parks and production facilities must have a response plan when one or more Covid-19 cases appear. The head of the city government also requested, agencies and units to strengthen online meetings; exchange between state agencies with each other through electronic mailboxes; interaction between the government and the people through the online public service portal. “The city must be ready to respond in case the epidemic spreads in the community. The city will deploy more concentrated medical isolation areas, soon to raise over 10,000 isolation beds and be ready to treat 200 cases at the same time”, Head of the City Steering Committee for Covid-19 Prevention and Control Nguyen Thanh Phong requested. Step 1: Visit https://www.bluezone.gov.vn or download directly at App Store or CH Play. Step 2: Once downloaded, the application will ask for permission to use Bluetooth to record contact with other Bluezone installed users. If Bluetooth is not open, drag the status bar and turn on Bluetooth; or go to Settings, select Bluetooth and turn it on. Step 3: Once the installation is done, click Scan Around. If someone near you less than 2m has used Bluezone, the application will automatically identify these users and put them in the contact list.