One more case of COVID-19, the Ministry of Health requests a plan to prepare for a bad situation | Health



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Specifically:

Patient 1421 (BN1421) in Hanoi: female, 22 years old, Vietnamese citizen, residing in Cua Dong neighborhood, Hoan Kiem district, Hanoi. On December 21, a US patient transiting South Korea entered Noi Bai Airport on flight VN415, immediately quarantined him and took samples for testing in Hanoi.

At the first test on December 23, the patient tested positive for SAR-CoV-2. Currently, the patient is isolated and treated at Dong Anh Central Hospital for Tropical Diseases.

The total number of people in close contact and entry from the epidemic area is under medical supervision (quarantine): 16,341. As reported by the Treatment Subcommittee of the National Steering Committee for Disease Control and Prevention, COVID-19 Vietnam has cured: 1,281 cases.

Regarding vaccines, on December 23, Minister Nguyen Thanh Long said that in the past, under the leadership of the Government, the Prime Minister and related units have intensified research, testing and production. Vaccine. We are officially testing Nanogen’s Nano Covax vaccine. According to the report, to date, phase 1 injected subjects are safe. Authorities are currently monitoring this closely.

In addition, the following 3 companies, IVAC, POLIVAC and VIBAOTEC, have been researching and developing vaccines. With IVAC, VABIOTEC has a test roadmap on March 1, 2021. “The test of both North and South to secure the national representative” – ​​stressed the minister.

Particularly with POLIVAC, it is currently promoting research and cooperation with partners from China, Russia to have vaccines …

The Minister requested that in the prevention of epidemics, we be prepared for bad situations because we do not know where and when COVID-19 will appear suddenly, so the localities should strengthen the preparation and training for medical personnel, to plan, prepare large-scale samplings scale, increase testing, secure treatment facilities in case of COVID-19, to locate or increase patients …

Minister of Health talks about the virus that causes the COVID-19 strain

“Currently, no virus strains have been detected in Vietnam with mutated regions like in the UK. However, we do not neglect the prevention of the epidemic and we need to strengthen and prevent and fight drastically” The Ministry of Health, Nguyen Thanh Long, stressed in the online conference with 63 centrally administered provinces and cities at more than 700 bridge points.



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