Province seeks to well organize the Covid-19 sample collection and treatment

This is one of important contents in an official dispatch on strengthening the prevention and control of Covid-19 sent by Provincial Steering Committee for Covid-19 Prevention and Control to departments, agencies, mass organizations, and districts, towns, city in the provine on May 8. 

Among the five proposed issues, Provincial Steering Committee for Covid-19 Prevention and Control pays special attention to the treatment of Covid-19 patients. Therefore, the Steering Committee requires Covid-19 treatment facilities to organize well the sample collection, emergency, care and treatment of disease cases, especially for high-risk groups such as: Pregnant women, people with underlying medical conditions, and the elderly to minimize the number of deaths. 

Units need to strictly implement infection control, prevent cross-infection in treatment facilities, prepare plans for patient collection and treatment, proactively improve emergency and resuscitation capacity to meet treatment requirements. In particular, treatment facilities on the 2nd and 3rd floors are ready to prepare plans and scenarios to collect and treat Covid-19 patients in the near future. 

Covid-19 Steering Committees of districts, towns and cities need to urgently review groups subject to vaccination (injected, not injected, under-injected) according to each age group, register the demand for vaccines with Department of Health to receive vaccines distributed in a timely manner.

Besides, the Steering Committee also suggested that units and localities continue to implement mandatory mask wearing for 6 cases according to Official Letter No. 200/UBND-VX on the implementation of the message 2K for Covid-19 prevention control. In addition, localities also need to regularly review and assess epidemic levels weekly to apply restrictive measures as prescribed. 

Reported by Hoang Linh - Translated by Ngoc Huynh