HCM City (VNA) – The Cho Ray hospital in Ho ChiMinh City on October 19 received one of the two Illumina gene sequencingmachines funded by the US for Vietnam.
Speaking at the handover ceremony, Robert Greenan, acting USConsul General in HCM City, said that during the COVID-19 crisis, the twocountries have supported each other. Vietnam has sent millions of personalprotective equipment to the people of the US, while the US has donated 9.5million doses of vaccines, more than 100 ventilators, and equipment andlaboratory supplies, among others, to Vietnam.
The diplomat stated the handover of the machine to Cho RayHospital has a special meaning, as results of analysing virus geneticinformation with such device can help scientists develop more effectivevaccines to protect Vietnamese and American people.
Greenan affirmed that the US commits to supporting Vietnamesepeople in their fight against COVID-19. The US diplomatic mission in Vietnamwill continue to lobby for more vaccines to be distributed to the nation untilthere are enough doses for everyone who wants to be vaccinated, he noted.
Nguyen Tri Thuc, director of the hospital, thanked the USGovernment for assisting the establishment’s pandemic prevention and controlwork. He informed that the number of severe cases of COVID-19 treated here has sofar dropped sharply.
According to Truong Thien Phu, head of the hospital’s microbiologydepartment, the machine will be very useful for the facility’s researchactivities.
The second machine will be handed over to the Bach MaiHospital in Hanoi./.
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At the handover ceremony (Photo: VNA) 
